How Do You Regulate The Menstrual Cycle After Birth Control?
Once you have stopped taking hormonal birth control, it may take several cycles for your hormone balances to return to normal. Allow time for your menstrual cycles to return to normal. Depending on your method of birth control, it may take several months for the effects to fade. Oral contraceptives, pills, patches, implants and the IUD can be discontinued or removed, stopping hormone production immediately. Other methods, such as injectable birth control, may take longer to fade. Have your doctor check your hormone levels. If your cycles are abnormal, it can be a sign of a hormone imbalance which may have been masked by your hormonal contraception. Use estrogen and progesterone to regulate your menstrual cycle. Taking 80 to 100mg of soy isoflavones early in your cycle (days 3 to 7 or days 5 to 9) will help encourage ovulation, and taking a progesterone supplement after ovulation until the day before your expected period will establish your luteal phase.
