Post Pill Amenorrhea – Why Won My Period Start After Stopping Birth Control Pills?
When you’ve stopped using birth control pills because you’ve decided to try for a baby and your period does not resume its normal cycle, it can be very frustrating. This is a common problem for couples trying to conceive. Post pill amenorrhea is the absence of a menstrual period for three months or more after stopping birth control pills. Most women who experience this start to wonder what is wrong with their bodies. The source of this problem lies with the hormones in a woman’s body. Birth control pills suppress the pituitary gland’s production of the hormones FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) and LH (luteinizing hormone). These hormones help stimulate the follicles in the ovaries to develop. As the follicles grow, they produce estrogen. After they release an egg, they produce progesterone. Birth control pills contain estrogen and progesterone. If a woman is taking birth control pills, her body will believe that she is ovulating because of the estrogen and progesterone in the medicat
