That's correct, Anon. Regardless of whether a woman's cycle is 28 or 38 days long, in general her period comes 14 days after ovulation.
RLyons, you may have a bit of trouble in your first couple of cycles off the pill knowing just when you are ovulating, because by going off the pill you are transitioning your body back to its own hormonal timing, and that can take a little while to get regular. Do you remember if your periods were regular before you went on the pill? Do you remember how long your cycles were?
The "typical" example for a cycle that is 28 days long is that you would ovulate on day 13-14, which means you'd need to be extra careful for the 3-5 days before that (since sperm can live in our body for a few days) and for a couple of days after that (since the egg lives for 24-48 hours without fertilization). You can learn to read your cervical mucus for signs of ovulation as well -- your mucus is cloudy or creamy and a bit sticky before ovulation, and it gets clear and stretchy -- like egg whites -- when ovulation occurs.
I'm sure you're starting a new calendar now that you're trusting your body's hormones to regulate your cycle instead of the pill. After two or three months of keeping track, you'll be better in tune with when you ovulate and when you need to take extra precautions.
In terms of the weight you gained, with your workout schedule (that's amazing!) you must be burning a lot of calories! Do you take in a lot to balance what you use? Did that weight come on over time or was it fairly quick after you started the pill? I would guess that it will come off about the same way that it went on, whether that's immediately or over a little bit of time. Are you more active now than you were when you went on the pill?
Good luck!! I hope you are happy with your decision, it sounds like all is well so far!!
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That's correct, Anon. Regardless of whether a woman's cycle is 28 or 38 days long, in general her period comes 14 days after ovulation.
RLyons, you may have a bit of trouble in your first couple of cycles off the pill knowing just when you are ovulating, because by going off the pill you are transitioning your body back to its own hormonal timing, and that can take a little while to get regular. Do you remember if your periods were regular before you went on the pill? Do you remember how long your cycles were?
The "typical" example for a cycle that is 28 days long is that you would ovulate on day 13-14, which means you'd need to be extra careful for the 3-5 days before that (since sperm can live in our body for a few days) and for a couple of days after that (since the egg lives for 24-48 hours without fertilization). You can learn to read your cervical mucus for signs of ovulation as well -- your mucus is cloudy or creamy and a bit sticky before ovulation, and it gets clear and stretchy -- like egg whites -- when ovulation occurs.
I'm sure you're starting a new calendar now that you're trusting your body's hormones to regulate your cycle instead of the pill. After two or three months of keeping track, you'll be better in tune with when you ovulate and when you need to take extra precautions.
In terms of the weight you gained, with your workout schedule (that's amazing!) you must be burning a lot of calories! Do you take in a lot to balance what you use? Did that weight come on over time or was it fairly quick after you started the pill? I would guess that it will come off about the same way that it went on, whether that's immediately or over a little bit of time. Are you more active now than you were when you went on the pill?
Good luck!! I hope you are happy with your decision, it sounds like all is well so far!!
June 25, 2009 - 4:51pmThis Comment
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