Recently off depo and confusing cycles

[Sammikins90]

For anyone who has recently came off the depo injection and is ttc. Have you had weird cycles?

My last injection was May and it ran out in August, we never continued the injection as we decided to ttc.

My period was 10th of september and lasted for 7 days and I have yet to come on again. I know i didnt ovulate again until 10th of october, so an entire month until ovulation. But still no period and I am definitely not pregnant - confirmed by doctors blood test.

Any advice on tracking cycles? I only know i ovulated because i happened to have an internal ovarian scan on my ovulation day.

How often should i be doing opks? Daily? Every 3 days? Weekly? I havent a clue on this as I dont have regular cycles and dont know a rough ovulation time window.

Has anyone else in similar circumstances managed to fall pregnant before their periods managed to fall back into the correct cycle? As i know that could take up to a year and im mega impatient haha.

Any advice please for going forward other than to relax and just keep enjoying the time with my partner and to practice baby making?

 

[Donna88]

Coming off the depo took me over a year for my cycles to regulate again.

If you've ovulated that's positive though, obviously if you're ovulating then there is a chance you will get pregnant.

You could try OPKs every day; but that might also drive you a bit mental. Personally I wouldn't use protection but would try and forget about TTC for a while. It is possible to get pregnant sooner and I hope you are one of the lucky ones. My sister got pregnant with her third a month after coming off the depo so it does happen

 

[Sammikins90]

Id love to be able to forget about ttc but unfortunately i just cant. Im the most impatient person and Ive waited 5 years to be able to start ttc. I had a load of health problems and was told i wasnt able to start ttc until I was healthy again which was fair enough and I had to have the go ahead from all my consultants. Ive been broody for so long and now im here and able to start trying i am physically wanting to do everything possible. Even now when faced with the most ridiculous cycle im still somehow trying my hardest haha. I know my cycle will come right eventually, i wish i wasnt such an in control and impatient person.

 

[liz85]

I was on depo for a few years many many years ago. I’d get two periods in one month sometimes and some months I had none. They do say it can take a while for your monthly cycles to settle after depo. Mine took over 6 months to regulate again.