schmoops

Hi...
So I am having so much trouble right now staying positive about this whole situation. It has been 4 months since I have had a period - I stopped BCP in November '08 and had one period in January, and nothing since. I also stopped BCP a year ago and got one period 6 months later, then nothing. I feel like my system has virutally stopped working altogether! A few of my friends have stopped BCPs as well and all of them are absolutely fine, getting a periods every month. It makes me feel so weird and alone! Almost less feminine. Worst of all, it feels like a constant reminder that I can't make a baby. I feel like the more months that pass without a period, the worse shape my body must be in. Is that a crazy way of thinking? I feel like never getting my period just makes me feel like I am missing a huge part of being a woman, and TTC is going to be virtually impossible. I am going to start acupuncture next week so i hope that helps but I just don't know. Anyone else feel this way? I'd love to hear from someone who could knock some sense into me, too, if this is being irrational!

indiancyster

hey schmoops...i just wanted to say that i'm in your same boat EXACTLY...u took the words out of my mouth. i have been feeling this way for the past couple of weeks. My sweety has been trying to reassure me that my body is doing what it can, that it's not failing me....but I just feel like I am not working the way a woman is supposed to. I can't ovulate, I can't even get AF for damn sake. It's SO frustrating. I have been doing so many things to get my body healthier....eating right (spending the extra money to eat organic most of the time, eliminating/cutting back on caffeine, alcohol, etc), taking different vitamins/supplements and doing acupuncture...and just as u said, I feel like my body has completely just shut down (at least reproductively). I don't know what's happening!!!

I know that probably wasn't the 'knocking sense into you' speech that u wanted but I feel the exact same way!