Does no period mean no ovulation?
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Topic: Does no period mean no ovulation?
Posted By: operationbabyville
Subject: Does no period mean no ovulation?
Date Posted: 03 May 2011 at 3:09pm
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Hi there
I'm new to all this! I came off the contraceptive pill in Feb and have started trying for a bubby this month. I have only had a very slight period since February and that was for a few days, nearly 8 weeks ago. If I don't get a period does that mean I am not ovulating? Baby dust for everyone! Thank you :) |
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Posted By: lisa85
Date Posted: 03 May 2011 at 3:51pm
Actually I've been wondering this myself. I have PCOS and often go a few months without a period I assume you only ovulate once per AF but I'm not sure. Will be watching this with interest 
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Posted By: GuestGuest
Date Posted: 03 May 2011 at 3:53pm
| Yes you can have a period with no ovulation but not vice versa. |
Posted By: kiwiking
Date Posted: 04 May 2011 at 9:48am
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I had the usual two day "period" after I came off the pill at the start of March and it was 6 weeks before I had what I would call a proper period (and now in the two week wait).
Maybe a trip to the docs is in order if you've still not had your period and are not pregnant? I don't know how long it should take for a cycle to return to normal after coming off the pill. I was on mine for 5 years and regularly skipped periods altogether. |
Posted By: Red
Date Posted: 04 May 2011 at 11:01am
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I haven't had AF back yet but am pretty sure I have ovulated as have had several positive Ovulation tests and all the ovulation signs and pain I usually would. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: operationbabyville
Date Posted: 04 May 2011 at 5:04pm
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Thanks for your replies :)
I got my little visitor yesterday... after 44 days since the last one! Good to hear that you are ovulating red that is definatley a good sign :) xXx |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 05 May 2011 at 8:27pm
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No period means no ov, but you can have super long periods. Mine range 35 days to a few months (but I have PCOS and don't ov, have ov'd only a few times).
Good luck, still early days since coming off the pill so hopefully from now on your body plays its part :) |
Posted By: jodzash
Date Posted: 06 July 2011 at 3:34pm
| I have pcos and only found this out after coming off the pill (was on it for 7/8 years). I would get my period, but it was very light and only lasted 3-5 days - and only came every 40ish days. The specialist confirmed i was not ovulating at all, but still getting a light period because my body was 'giving up' on the cycle for that month. I am so glad that i got all the bloods done and went to see the specialist because there's no way i would have gotten pregnant without the help of the drug clomid, which induces ovulation. |
Posted By: amalyse
Date Posted: 22 July 2011 at 10:43pm
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Interesting. I don't know how I got so lucky, but last year I only had 2 or 3 periods all year - and got UTD in June (with no ovulation monitoring) after a very strange period before that.
How does that work? I must have just been lucky. I've just finished BFing :( So waiting for period to come back and hoping it is more 'regular' than before getting pregnant as my family is not complete yet. ------------- 
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Posted By: TripleJ
Date Posted: 30 July 2011 at 9:55pm
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Hi operationbabyville,
Interested to hear how you are getting on as I am in the same boat you were. Stopped taking the pill in February, AF arrived in June and now nothing and it's almost August. |