No AF after IUD removed?? Where is my period!!?

Question

Are there any ladies that have experienced a major cycle change / delayed AF after having an IUD removed?  I could really use some advice here. I used to always have a 27 day cycle like clock work.

I got my IUD (paraguard) taken out on June 7th. My first AF was right on time. Since then my cycle has been ...

June: 34 days 
July: 23 days 
August: 32 days and counting!

It's not only impossible to figure out when I'm ovulating but I keep getting my hopes up that I'm pregnant and am testing negative. There's no way for me to tell if my AF is "late" because it's all over the place!

The doctor didn't even give me a heads up that this was a possibility and it's been heartbreaking!  Any words of advice??  I would love to have someone to chat with.

Answer

Same thing happened to me... I had the Paraguard IUD for about 3yrs before having it removed to start trying again. Doc told me since Paraguard is copper and not hormonal it wouldn't mess with my cycles and we could start ttc right away. My first period came and went, but then I did not get another period for 60 DAYS!!!! I must've took a hundred tests thinking I was pregnant and all were negative. Went to the doc and had blood pregnancy test and hormone levels checked. My levels were fine and I definitely wasn't pregnant. Doc couldn't explain it and offered to give me medication to start my period. I didn't want to go that route, so just continued to wait it out instead. I wasn't ovulating during that time either because I was using OPK and all were negative (I was using the First Response digital OPK, which just gives you a simple "Yes+" or "No-" readout). FINALLY, around day 45 of missing AF, I got a positive OPK, and on CD61 my period showed up. It was weird because I have ALWAYS had a regular 28 day cycle & have NEVER been that late unless I was pregnant. The whole ordeal was heartbreaking and FRUSTRATING!!!! My cycle was irregular the following month too (came on CD 34, so late again, but not as bad), but at least this time I was back to ovulating again (confirmed with OPK & bbt). After that, my cycles regulated again, and I went back to my usual 28 day cycle with ovulation taking place on CD14, but it took a good 3 months after Paraguard removal for things to go back to normal again. So sorry you're going through this, but I hope this helped in some way. All my best hun!!

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I used opk after my IUD removal. Cycles kept getting longer by a day and ovulation was unpredictable without the kit. We got pregnant in three cycles tracking ovulation with opk. Now 20 weeks.

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Curious why you think it's impossible to track you're ovulation?

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Call your doctor and ask, the Internet cannot diagnose you or predict when you're period will arrive. Usually after BCPs cycles are wacky for awhile.

No AF after IUD removed?? Where is my period!!?

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