Doovie

a little history... 7 months of birth control to regulate... made me have a period exactly every 28 days... glucophage for the last 3 of those 7 months... stopped both birth control and glucophage at the end of february 2005... was pregnant by the middle of march 2005... gave birth the end of november 2005... bled for 7 weeks after that... pretty heavy but not so bad... nursed until the middle of june 2006... no periods the whole time i was nursing... now i am having my first one... 4+ weeks... very very heavy... lots of clotting... go through about 1 always overnight an hour... been to the doctor... everything seems to be okay... anyone else ever had trouble like this... any ideas as to what to do... by the way... started glucophage again last week... do not want to start birth control again... sorry for the format of my post... typing with right hand... wrestlng an 8 month old with the left...

Determined

I remember having a heavy period after nursing also. There was a lot of buildup that had to be released.. However, 4 weeks seems excessive. I would go back to the doctor, or a try another doc.. I have never ending periods. The longest I put up with one was 3 months. My doc wasn't very happy that I waited that long to come in. My first doc put me on a short term hormone that caused me to "reset". After that, every doc wanted me to go on the bcp, but like you, it was not something I wanted. I was told repeatedly that the only way I'd have normal cycles was the bcp. I just got a new doctor who seems hopeful that we can get me regular without the pill. We are trying Prometrium now and although I've just started it seems to be doing what it's supposed to.

Also..I've been on met a few times and it's altered my period, so maybe that has something to do with it? I would definitely make another appointment if possible.

Doovie

thanks... i am going for an u/s on friday... we'll she what they have to say...