QUESTION
During last 3 years I was using Depo Provera for contraception but presently I am planning marriage and baby. What I need to know about future fertility after Depo Provera?
ANSWER from experts
Any type of hormonal contraception has the effect on women health because all hormonal contraception methods have several side effects.
Depo Provera injections are used every 3 months and they work during following 12-13 weeks. It means during 12-13 weeks
Depo Provera contain high doses of progesterone which stops the ovaries from releasing eggs. Depo Provera causes the cervical mucus to thicken and changes the uterine lining, making it harder for sperm to enter or survive in the uterus. These changes prevent fertilization and pregnancy.
Women who want to become pregnant could stop using Depo Provera at any time. For some women, fertility returns immediately after 12 week after last injection. For others, it could take 6-18 months or longer (after last depo Provera injection) for the body’s hormonal cycle to return to normal.
Fertility after Depo Provera
Some Depo Provera side effects also can remain pretty long – about 6-8 months after last injection.
If you decide to have a baby, you might try cleansing techniques to detox or eliminate the progesterone from where it is stored in the body. You can drink lots of water every day, eat lots of fresh raw organic vegetables, drink raw vegetable juice, sweat in a steam room or sauna, and get lots of exercise and fresh air.
If you decide to have a baby, the best would be to make some fertility tests in the laboratory including hormonal tests and ovulation tests.
