My name is Jenn, and I'm a 27 year old married and babied chick. In addition to a husband, a seven year old daughter, and a five year old autistic son, I also have four cats, three hermit crabs, two frogs, a few fish, and one snorty little Pug. I work from home doing a variety of writing and even some web design. I love blogging, digital photography and web design.
My period was quite irregular from the time I started birth control (at the age of sixteen; I’ve had my period since I was twelve) until after I had Ryan. Birth control & being overweight no doubt had something to do with the irregularity. Breastfeeding my daughter until she was ten months old no doubt threw things out of whack a bit further. What’s funny is that after I had my son I was at my heaviest (300+ lbs.), and I also breastfed him until he was fourteen months old, yet my period was “regular as rain”, as my grandmother would say.
And ever since, even with stopping breastfeeding, gaining a bit more weight (I was 280 lbs. when my son was three months old; I was over 330 lbs. this time a year ago), and then losing almost 50 lbs., my period continued to stay regular. Then I had gastric bypass surgery, and things have gone to hell in a handbasket. Gone are the days (or should I say months) of 28 and 29 day cycles, and in their place are whacked out periods that I have no idea the start or end of. Here’s what I’m talking about:
I have lost a sum total of 116 lbs., and with another 56 lbs. to go in order to reach my goal weight, I’m guessing the weird cycles are here to stay for a while. In the event that anyone post-op is reading this: have your periods returned to normal? Do they ever?
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