Wednesday, March 14, 2007
PPA
I've been doing some research about lack of periods after going off the pill and I think I may have PPA (I don't think that's actually the acronym but it sounds better than post-pill amenorrhea). It's probably a bit premature a diagnosis, given that I am 4 weeks late as of today and they don't start calling it PPA (or so says the internet) until after 3 months, but I'm not pregnant so there's no other explanation. OK, there's the explanation that says that you should be PATIENT (see previous post) and wait for your body to take its sweet time going back to au naturel. But then there are lots of people who apparently go off the pill and start up right as rain right away. As an example, my massage therapist is pregnant and she was telling me about going off the pill a few months before they started trying. I surreptitiously, in the guise of general curiosity, asked her if her cycles started up right away and she said there was no break at all. Wrong answer. I'm still on the cuttlefish train, but maybe this is like the liver fix - eventually effective but slow and steady. Bonzo doesn't seem too concerned about it, though. He's so laid back about life and I guess this is no different. We had talked about trying as of April but it doesn't look like that's realistic at this point. We both think I should have 2 periods before we start just to make sure things are really moving. So we wait some more. On the bright side it means more sushi and coffee, both of which I really like. Hmmmm, maybe it's coffee time now....
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