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HI. I STARTED ON THE DEPO SHOT SHORTLY AFTER MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN OVER 5 YEARS AGO. I WAS DUE TO GET MY LAST INJECTION BETWEEN 4/29/04 AND 5/13/04. I DID NOT GET IT BECAUSE MY HUSBAND AND I DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO GET PREGNANT AGAIN. DURING THE 5 YEARS I WAS ON DEPO I DID NOT HAVE A PERIOD, ALTHOUGH I SPOTTED ONCE IN A WHILE. I HAVE NOT HAD A PERIOD SINCE I MISSED MY LAST INJECTION EITHER, ALTHOUGH I SPOTTED SLIGHTLY ONE MORNING ABOUT A FEW WEEKS AGO. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME SYPTOMS WITHIN THE PAST WEEK... MY BREASTS HAVE ENLARGED AND BECOME VERY TENDER, I FELT NAUSIOUS FOR 3 DAYS STRAIGHT, I HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF HEADACHES AND BACKACHES, AND MY BOWELS HAVE BEEN VERY TEMPERMENTAL. IM WONDERING IF I MAY BE PREGNANT ALREADY. EVERYTHING IVE READ SAYS IT TAKES 6MONTHS TO A YEAR TO GET PREGNANT AFTER DEPO... OR LONGER IF YOUVE BEEN ON IT LONGER. I HAVENT READ ANYWHERE ABOUT ANYONE BEING ON DEPO FOR 5 YEARS LIKE MYSELF. I HAD MY LAST INJECTION 5 MONTHS AGO OR SO, IS IT PROBABLE THAT THESE ARE PREGNANCY SIGNS EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NOT HAD A CYCLE TO SPEAK OF IN OVER 5 YEARS? OR ARE THESE SYPTOMS COMMON AFTER GETTING OFF DEPO. PLEASE HELP! CAN YOUR RESPONSE BE EMAILED TO ME?THANK A MILLION!
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Well, both of those are possible. Because you can not know without a test, I suggest you going ahead with getting a test.
Good luck to you.
OKAY, BUT BEFORE I WASTE MY TIME/MONEY ON GOING TO THE DOC (HPT NEVER WORK FOR ME) COULD YOU TELL ME... IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE FOR ME TO BECOME PREGNANT WITHOUT HAVING A PERIOD IN FIVE YEARS?
Answer That is a loaded question to try to answer on the internet. I will give it a shot though.
A period is the release of an egg that was not fertilized.
If you released the egg and it was fertilized you would not have a period still.
So, you can get pregnant even though you have not had a period if you released an egg.
Good luck.
