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I'd like to hear from anybody who's had trouble getting pregnant after coming off the pill. I came off two months ago and had a period pretty much straight away as usual but now it's 6 weeks since I had it and no sign of another one. The optimist in me says I must be pregnant but the tests say I'm not! I know it can take a while for your periods to settle when you come off the pill but to be honest I was expecting more rather than less periods. Can anyone reassure me that it's ok to go without a period like this. Without a period I have no idea where in my cylce I am....I'm more than a little frustrated!

Alexandra

It can be perfectly normal to miss several weeks when your body changes from being on the pill to coming off it. You could get a period and then another quite soon after or there be a long gap, if I were you then wait for another month and if still no period then talk to your GP. After I had my first child everything was OK and my cycle went back straight away however after my second child I didn't have a cycle at all and only now are things beginning to settle down, I was told that it can take up to 1 year for your body to adapt back to a routine after any sort of major change.

Good luck.
Trudy