I went off of birth control for the first time in 10ish years and now I'm on CD42 with no end in sight...
I went off of birth control for the first time in 10ish years and now I'm on CD42 with no end in sight...
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bananas / 9229 posts
My first post-BC was 40 days, second was 62 days. Since then they seem to have normalized.
pomelo / 5524 posts
My first post-BC cycle was 84 days. I called my doctor around 60 and the nurses told me that they wouldn't even see me until it was 90+ days. I was going to call them to make an appointment the next morning when I finally got it!
The second one was about 60 days...the third was 50, and I was anywhere between 45-50 days until I had finally gotten pregnant 8 cycles later.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
I think my first cycle was 26 days, then 29, then 28. Which was surprising to me since my cycles were longer before going on BC.
What kind of BC were you on? I think some affect people more than others. I was on a pretty low-hormone pill, so I don't think it affected me as much as some of them can.
cantaloupe / 6791 posts
Mine was 40ish I think and they continued to be really long the entire time we TTC, but my body is just weird. Most people's cycles normalize after a couple months off BC.
bananas / 9899 posts
Exactly 28 days... but then they just got longer and longer. 29 days, 30 days, 32 days, 41 days, 51 days and now I am on CD78 with no AF still in sight.
My long cycles likely have little to do with BCP though, as I was just diagnosed with Hypothyroidism. However, it looks like BCP was forcing my cycles to be a certain way and it took some time for them to go to (my) "normal".
cantaloupe / 6171 posts
first cycle was 36 days, second was 25. neither is too crazy on either end, but the inconsistency is no fun for trying to figure out this ttc thing!
persimmon / 1286 posts
1st off was 41, 2nd was 49. i now just finished my 7th cycle off, and seem to have leveled off in the 37-39 day range. super annoying because before BC, i had very regular 30 day cycles.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
Mine was 40-ish, then they got got smaller every month until it was around 33 days or so. I always had a slightly longer cycle before going on the pill so I wasn't surprised that I didn't go right to 28.
I charted (temped) from the start and was able to see when I ovulated, which gave me a better idea of when to expect my first period. I don't like being surprised with that
cherry / 105 posts
My first was 35, second was 65, and my third would have been about 35 again but I got pregnant. After that 65 day cycle, I was resigned to my body taking awhile to normalize, but I was pleasantly surprised!
coconut / 8483 posts
32 days. It stayed around that for a while, and then a 39 day and a 46 day thrown in just to freak me out. Now it's been about 15 months and my most recent one was 28 days.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
38!, then 35, then 36! (got bfp on this cycle)
but i also have long cycles anyway! so pretty much spot on
clementine / 880 posts
I'm now up to 50 days... who knows how much longer! Hopefully it's a one time fluke and I don't have PCOS or something....
pomegranate / 3160 posts
My first was somewhere around 49-50 days, and my second I O'ed around CD55, then got my BFP on CD63!
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