Hey all...I have a question.. I use to never get my monthly until I was on birth control. Which I hear can be typical for a person overweight. Well I came off the pill for surgery plus I had some other things going one and the dr wanted me to come off for a few months. So here is the problem. I am getting my monthly every other week. Really every other Saturday it starts....Like clockwork and it is lasting 5 - 8 days just in time for me start back. What is wrong with me? Has anyone else had this happen to them? I go the OB on thursday not sure if he can tell me or not..

Help...this is getting old!!!!

Hi

I know your fertility increases as you lose weight and you have lost heaps (well done!) maybe it's your body changing

Call your doctor. It can't hurt.

AS far as I know you perfectly fine & within a few more weeks you should start to even out. Its normal for your body to go through changes when coming off of certain meds & regiments. The best thing is to talk with your Doc- But I say your just fine:0)

Fat holds onto estrogen, and you've just lost a huge amount of weight. So you've recently had a large amount of estrogen dumped into your system.

Call your doc.

I had something similar happen to me. Not when I was banded, but when I was on WW and lost 25 lbs. in 6 weeks. In my case, I never did stop --not even for a day. It sucked!!! After about 6 months of trying different hormones, etc., my OB/GYN finally gave me a D&C and now I'm regular again. What a relief!!!

Let us know what your doctor tells you and good luck.

Tricia

This happened to me when I was first banded (and I was stillon birth controll too). It has to do (or so I was told) with the fact that you have a huge amount of estrogen stored in the fat and as you loose weight that estrogen is released into the blood stream and sets of a cycle to start. Mine took about 9 months to stop this- there was no problem (I asked the doctore (ob/gyn) to check- it just stoped on its own one day! It really sucked- but now I have the first regular 28 day cycles of my life (since I ever cared in that respect anyways) and it is "normal flow and minimal pain- it is so great!

Thanks Ladies...I will let you know what the doctore says. I called his nurser today (we are personal friends) and she said if it's too heavy on thursday I will have to reschedule for next week. So we will see. Thanks again...it makes me feel better notthing is wrong we want another baby one day and I was afaird something was wrong.