how long does it take for your period to resume?

[wynnyelle]

i'm totally natural myself, plan on staying that way...but in the few times I've had my bodyfat read (always by those pinching calipers) it has read consistently below 16%--once 10%, more recently 13-14%. Yet I have always had regular periods even when I was skinnier than the 10% (in high school i was a stick). The point is, is this low bodyfat okay if I'm still regular? Don't want to be losing any bone mass.

 

[Dingo12]

Yeah, the threshold for problems varies from woman to woman. Mine is quite high - I have worked out I have to be around 130lbs and 25% bodyfat for mine to resume. I get to this figure because that's where I was when I last had a natural period and have since been at 21% and around 130lbs and still nothing was happening. I have been 135lbs and 18-20% for 6-12 months and still nothing. One Dr told me to put on MORE weight and fat. I am 140lbs and 16% now, I am not prepared to be this big at a higher bodyfat, so I'll stick with a few pill "cycles" every year to keep it all in check.

 

[wynnyelle]

could be the hormone imbalance you were talking about before as well as bodyfat. who knows?

my problem is, i have to be on the pill because i had such severe periods--severe blood loss(caused anemia) uterine contractions, basically no LIFE. On a low dosage now, it's worked out well. i take my calcium supplements anyway just in case.

 

[Dingo12]

I've had all the tests and the Dr says my blood results are 'normal', whatever that means. Anyway after taking the pill again for the last 3 weeks I have managed to have a period! I have resumed the Primo cycle so it will be interesting to see what happens next.

 

[wynnyelle]

good luck, hope it works out.

whatever 'normal' means, it's probably good if the doc says so!