Hi Kim,

Hope you're doing ok.

When i was on Depo i was told it can take a year for your fertility to return and that was the case for my GF who was on it for 3 years and came off when she got married. SHe fell PG in her 14th month off it. I was only on it for 6 mos as i reacted badly to it (bled or spotted continuously) but even then it took at least a year after my last injection before my periods returned to normal cycles.

I can't believe the doc told you it would "regulate" things - surely it just shuts it all down? My GF who was on it for 3 years didnt even HAVE periods during that time, about 3-4 a year at most and as you say, no bleeding, just brownish spotting. I've been put in the BCP before to "regulate" and when i came off it my body was the same as before - as far as i know the hormones in contraceptives only mask these problems rather than solving them.

I know it's awful to wait, but i think my GF was told that if she'd been trying for 2 years without success (1 for the Depo to get our of her system and 1 because they make everyone wait a year before they count it as a problem) then her GP would refer her to a FS (i'm in the UK, might be a bit different in Aus?). So there's most likely nothing at all wrong and it's just your body getting back into the swing of things kwim? I do know people who fell pregnant prior to being off depo for a year, so keep trying anyway, but if i were you i wouldn't be worried yet. If you're temping and your cycles haven't gotten back to normal yet, that's probably what's confusing FF.

I hope this helps in some way and more to you. Hang in there.

Bec