https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 23:53:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-weight-affect-your-periodcycle#post-1090722 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:39:11 +0000 cascademom 1090722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think my weight affects my cycles. I gained while on BC over the years. I went off of it, had regular cycles, and conceived LO at my heaviest. I'm trying to lose it to conceive again. I do wonder if I lose more weight how it will effect conceiving the second time around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-weight-affect-your-periodcycle#post-1090711 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:35:26 +0000 Vegmama 1090711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Personally, yes. I didn't have any thyroid issues, however, I was TTC for a few months before my OB mentioned I should try working out. I lost 10+ pounds, and my cycles went from 35-45 days to 28 days. It was amazing ... I got pregnant the next cycle after my first 'regular' period. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-weight-affect-your-periodcycle#post-1090060 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:18:01 +0000 Dapple Grey 1090060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thyroid, adrenal and sex hormones have a delicate balacing act. I think weight loss and gain can cause an imabalance, and also an imbalance can cause weight loss and gain-depending on the circumstances. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-weight-affect-your-periodcycle#post-1089901 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:23:53 +0000 avivoca 1089901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My weight doesn't seem to affect my cycles. I have always had irregular cycles, from when I started my period at 13 (weighing in at 95 lbs.) to right before I got pregnant (27, 145 lbs.) My cycle length tends to reflect stressful periods in my life. I chart though, so I can see that I'm having a long cycle. Before I charted, I was a basket case when I wouldn't have a period for three months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-weight-affect-your-periodcycle#post-1089826 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:01:09 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1089826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBrewer: If it helps, I was also on BC for 10+ years and I didn't get my first period until CD 84. I was freaking out, calling my doc, and they said they wouldn't see me until it had been at least 90 days. I'm also not overweight. </p> <p>I think some women's bodies handle the hormones from BCP differently...and when you come off of them, it really messes your body up! I ended up losing another 10 pounds and lost some hair. Just started to get crazy with how it affected me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-weight-affect-your-periodcycle#post-1089814 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:57:39 +0000 mrs. bird 1089814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBrewer: i don't think the ones on the scales are very accurate TBH. i used to have it done during my fitness evaluations and they check it on a bunch of points around your body because people carry fat differently, or you would do the kind where you're submerged in water- it's really cool &amp; the most accurate way to do it. the lower my body fat, the more regular i got, but even then it would go MIA sometimes and i was right on the line where they could have argued that i didn't have enough body fat to have a regular cycle (typically woman lose their cycle somewhere between 14-18% body fat because the body wants a certain amount of fat to sustain a pregnancy). my dr's rule of thumb is that anything beyond 50% over your ideal bodyweight will impact fertility. i take issue with this only because i disagree with 'ideal bodyweight' since people carrying a lot of muscle mass are going to be heavier and aren't always 'overweight' in an unhealthy way. but i can tell you right now i weigh more than i have EVER weighed and am seriously overweight in an very unhealthy way, my cycle is a mess and my skin is a wreck because i have too much estrogen floatin around in me. the fertility med i've taken, femara, is an anti estrogen (which is why body builders use it to combat puffy chests and help to get rid of fat), and logically if i had less fat on me and therefore less excess estrogen, it could help me ovulate better on my own and might clear up with awful acne i've developed. but i don't think even losing body fat would be enough to get me KU since i've been too thin and too fat and everything between and never had a sticky baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-weight-affect-your-periodcycle#post-1089659 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:06:22 +0000 MrsBrewer 1089659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: I don't have one of those things to calculate body fat %. I'm sure I wouldn't want to know what it is either!</p> <p>Although now that I think about it.....I think my scale calculates it... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-weight-affect-your-periodcycle#post-1089634 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:01:42 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1089634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me, no. I wasn't always overweight (I didn't gain until I went off bcp 7 years ago) and my periods have been irregular since day one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-weight-affect-your-periodcycle#post-1089605 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:55:17 +0000 mrs. bird 1089605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>for me, yes. but even at my thinnest (16% body fat, for a woman that is low. i think body fat is a better indication of health relating to mass rather than just looking at the number on a scale), my period would often go MIA, and now, at a MUCH MUCH higher body fat, it goes MIA even more frequently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-weight-affect-your-periodcycle#post-1089592 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:51:35 +0000 loveisstrange 1089592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it can because fat cells carry estrogen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-weight-affect-your-periodcycle#post-1089585 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:49:42 +0000 MrsBrewer 1089585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been on BC for almost 10 years, and I just recently went off, about a month and a half ago.</p> <p>I still haven't gotten my period yet.</p> <p>I am about 50-60 lbs overweight, I am really trying to lose weight, but it's just really hard for me. I have no will power. But I really an trying, it's a sore spot for me honestly. </p> <p>Does being overweight affect your cycles? </p>