Long period when trying for baby

[Frankytg]

Hi everyone,

I came off the pill late December/early January as we are trying for a baby. During my 5 years on the pill I had no periods at all, and so I imagined my first period to be horrific. At the start of March I had brown blood when wiping and assumed this was the start of my period and prepared myself for the pain to come. One of the main reasons why I went on the pill was because of severe cramps that in some cases used to cause me to pass out.

However there was no pain whatsoever, and the brown blood was lighter each time I went to the toilet. This was on the 2nd March. But then a few days later I woke up with a lot of period blood with clots in it. This again slowed down a few days later, and I started wiping brown old blood again, this was the 7th March.

I now however, wake up with brown blood, have dark red blood during the day and then brown again at night. I’ve never had a period like this in my life, and have now been bleeding for exactly 2 weeks. I understood that my body would probably need to adapt back to having regular periods again but I’m just thrown off by the thought that I have no period pain at all.

Just wondered if this had happened to anyone else who came off the pill after so long or whether I should be concerned. I’m thinking of going to see the nurse next week if nothing has changed.

Thank you for reading x

[Bakingcupcake]

Go and see your GP, especially if you havent had periods for so long it could just be your body adjusting but if your worried get professional advice

[Octoberbaby2019]

Hi, I had really strong periods as well and they lasted 2 weeks, so I'd been on the pill for 10 years and also had no periods, and then came off it to try and get pregnant, I thought it would take a while but after 2 months I started getting periods again and started tracking them with an app, and I'd advise to do that no matter how weird it seems.

You could wait another month and see how your period is then, but I'd advise the same as the other person go see the gp and ask for a referral to a gynaecologist (as that's going to take a while)

Hope your periods start looking more normal from next month!

Btw it took me 6 months to get pregnant so the pill got out of my system quick. I was on the progestin only pill. (I'd been on combination before but had to change 4 years ago due to high blood pressure)

[Frankytg in reply to Octoberbaby2019]

Thank you so much!

[Shellm]

I had the coil fitted for 20 years (changed every 4 yrs) and had it removed last may. The first period was over 3 weeks and full of clots. No real horrible pain or cramping though. They settled down quickly into a exact routine and I fell in January. Definitely track with an app as this will help you track when you're ovulating. If your worried speak to your GP but your next period may be more normal. Good luck.

[Frankytg in reply to Shellm]

Thank you, I definitely think it’s just getting back to normality at the moment so I’m not too concerned now that others have had the same. Thank you for your response