No Period. Now What?: A Guide to Regaining Your Cycles and Improving Your Fertility

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It can be due to something called Asherman's syndrome, which is scarring in the uterus that can come after some kind of uterine trauma. So, if somebody's had a C-section and then is not getting their period or if you've had a D&C for some reason, that can be a potential cause. It's not that frequent but it's definitely something else that should be ruled out. Your GP can investigate why you're experiencing heavy bleeding. These investigations may include a physical examination, blood tests or scans. Medical News Today has strict sourcing guidelines and draws only from peer-reviewed studies, academic research institutions, and medical journals and associations. We avoid using tertiary references. We link primary sources — including studies, scientific references, and statistics — within each article and also list them in the resources section at the bottom of our articles. You can learn more about how we ensure our content is accurate and current by reading our editorial policy. Find a range of women's health pharmacy services, delivered by local providers at a time that suits you Book now What should I do if I have missed my period?

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Nicola: So, I haven't seen anything to suggest a distribution of fat stores in somebody that has HA.Nicola: Yes, exactly. So, I mean obviously what somebody chooses to do depends on where they are in their life. I worked a bit with a runner, Tina Muir. I don't know if you heard her story at all. It went viral for a while here in the U.S. It is suspected that low oestrogen levels also put a woman at risk of heart disease. Also women with PCOS are more likely to develop risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, and diabetes. A healthy diet is particularly important for women with PCOS to reduce the risk. Irregular periods Nicola: So, birth control pills, they can be helpful for a woman who does not want to conceive children. It's certainly a viable option for that. One of the problems with it is that it masks a missing period. So, you get a bleed from being on birth control pills every month if you're doing the three weeks on, one week off, kind of thing. You have not had a period for six months after stopping the contraceptive pill (or 12 months after the last contraceptive injection).

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Andrew: Right. I'm also very interested in what you said about prioritising, which is really interesting when you think about humans as an animal. We see for instance, and I'm going to talk in the Australian instance, kangaroos will expel even a foetus if famine occurs. Kangaroos can go for years without going into oestrus if the situation is dire in the environment, which will basically waste energy on progeny.

Andrew: Too often particularly… I mean I'm certainly not including myself in this group, but elite athletes talk about the lean muscle mass and yet it's the fat that will enable them to indeed have a period. So, there's got to be this nurturing period. And as you say, you've basically got to nurture your hypothalamus. Nicola: So, I think it's actually more that the signals from the hypothalamus are dampened. So, we know that in hypothalamic amenorrhea, the gonadotropin-releasing hormone... in a normal cycle, the gonadotropin-releasing hormone is released in pulses. Andrew: It is our pleasure, and I've got to say, "Wow." So you've got a PhD in biology from MIT. Let's delve into that a little bit.