cycle length pre and post BCP

for all the girls that were on BCP and now are not - is your cycle length comparable post BCP to what it was while on BCP??

to clarify what i mean is, if your cycle on BCP was like 25 days, once you have been off it and regulated, is your cycle still relatively short, or is it longer?? same if you were a clockwork 28 day cycle on BCP was your post BCP cycle length similar or significantly longer or shorter?

on BCP i was a clockwork 24 day cycle. two days into the placebo pills AF would show.

right now is CD28 in cycle 1 off BCP. i know its going to take some time to regulate so im not worried even if my cycle is long this month (or I get a BFP ) .

obv everyone is different but i was just wondering if there was any connection between cycle length when on BCP and when off BCP.

should i expect that i still have a shortish cycle off BCP or might it lengthen or change completely as it regulates??

tia!

Message edited 5/28/2009 9:32:52 PM.

Re: cycle length pre and post BCP

i went on the pill due to cysts and irregular cycles..i would sometimes skip months (rare, but i did) and would vary from 30-40 days.

while i was on it, no problems..regular, somewhat liite, less crampy.

it stayed the same after i went off. I was about 29-32 days the first few months off, then it went a little longer some months (probably due to stress) and then it started working it self back out to 29-32 days.

give it some time..it can take a while to go back to being regular.

Re: cycle length pre and post BCP

When I was on the pill my cycle was so perfectly regular. Now my cycle is so messed up. some months its 32 days other months its like 24 days.

I hope it gets regular again.

Re: cycle length pre and post BCP

Ick, mine is so messed up now :( Very frustrating. I was VERY regular on the pill... literally I would expect it between 12 and 3 on the Wednesday of placebos!! Now I feel like I am 13 again and have no idea what is going on in there!!

Re: cycle length pre and post BCP

i was super regular on BCP, it always came on tuesday of the placebos
Now, i'm on my 5th month off the pill and i find that i'm still pretty regular. Pretty much 27-29 days.

i was actually expecting to be more irregular. Been hard getting used to the nasty cramping again though!

Re: cycle length pre and post BCP

I took seasonique BCP and I only got my period every 3 months (4 times a year) So yes it has been very different since I came off. I stopped BCP in Septeber but started trying in November. The first few months I was all over the place. I also had steriod injections in my back and they said that this also can change my cycles till its all out of my system. But in the last 3 months I have been 25 days- then 26 days, and now this past month was 27 days. So I guess it is as normal as it can get. My dr also said that this BCP can take about 6 months to regulate after you stop.

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I was VERY regular on BCP. Always got it on the 2nd day of placebos in the morning.

My first cycle off BCP was 52 days long I am now on CD26 and have been cramping for a few days. I am hoping for AF to come soon or for the BFP (although I am not so hopeful since I have been fighting the worst yeast infection for the past week - )

Re: cycle length pre and post BCP

it might be helpful to think back to what your cycles were like before you went on BCP.

before BCP, my cycles were very regular, 30 days. while on BCP, also very regular, 28 days. when i first went off BCP, my cycles were a little off for a while. it took about 6 months for my body to regulate and get back to 30 day cycles. i've been off BCP for almost 2 years and over the last 6 months my cycles have gotten shorter, down to 28 days.

Re: cycle length pre and post BCP

Prior to going on BCP i had a long cycle ranging fron 30-33 days. I recently got off BCP and my cycles so far are shorter, between 27-29 days.

Re: cycle length pre and post BCP

Mine pretty much remained the same...maybe plus or minus a day or two.

Re: cycle length pre and post BCP

Re: cycle length pre and post BCP