Expert: Bob Kambic - 5/6/2007

Question
I took birth control for 6 months and decided to stop a month ago. I have not
gotten my period since I stopped and it has been about 34 days since my last
period, yet while on birth control I used to get my period about every 25 days. Is
it normal for your period to come late after stopping birth control? Even if I only
took it for such a short amount of time?

Answer
Coming off the pill some women return to normal cycling with no problem, others take sometime to resume normal cycling. You can't predict what will happen because, all women are different. Coming off the pill, first you will have to resume a "normal" cycle. I suggest monitoring fertility will increase your understanding of all this and your confidence that your body is working correctly. Check http://www.irh.org/nfp.htm

http://www.fertilityfriend.com/HelpCenter/FFBook/ff_fertility_signs.html

Be sure to try to get a teacher to work with you until you really understand your fertility.