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I got on birth control (Orthotricyclen) 4 years ago and have recently made the decison to get off the pill. Actually it has been 5 months since I discontinued the use of the pill. Since then, I have yet to recieve my period. There is no way that I am pregnant. So, I am scared. Is this normal or shoud i be scared? Thanks alot!
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by Konstance McCaffree: ()
I am glad you wrote to ask this question because you are worrying about something that is very normal. After the body has been on the hormones of the Pill or injectable it may take many months before a normal period returns.
It does not mean that you are not ovulating an egg each month though, so if you are engaged in sexual intercourse you need to be well protected and not think that you are protected because you don't have a period.
Ovulation and menstruation (periods) are related but are controlled by different parts of the hormones that you were taking. When you go off the Pill it takes a while for your body to receive enough of the hormone message to take action. That is why it is common for a woman to be ovulating (which she usually can't tell) and not menstruating. It happens all the time. Women who have just had a baby also have the same thing happen and it is why sometimes a woman gets pregnant again right away.
Please do not worry that you have not gotten a period. It will come in time and your body is reacting very normally. Taking the Pill is a helpful thing for your body so there is no reason for you to think anything bad is happening. There is lots of research to suggest that it is healthy and helpful for other bodily functions other than preventing pregnancy. With about 50 years of research on it we know more about it than we do even aspirin.
Don't worry, everything is OK!
Please feel free to write back if you have other questions.Reviewed by: Patricia Fawver Ph.D. in Sexology
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