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A bit of a question regarding periods, the pill, and IF.

So I have been on the progesterone only pill for about 3 years now and in June this year my periods ceased, as I was told would happen. I’m almost a week into intermittent fasting using the 16:8 approach and today I just noticed I’ve started bleeding, seems like a period to me.

Is this something that can happen? Or is it just coincidence?

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I’ve been on progesterone pill for about 10 years now (47f). To start with I bled a lot and then I stopped for years, and then I started to get a bleed every three months or so. Then just before I started IF in May, I was getting a bleed every 6 weeks or so, which then stopped completely. So not consistent at all! And part of it might be that I’m probably perimenopausal. I decided not to worry too much about it as I had bloods and bone scan done recently and they were all fine, and I certainly don’t want to be pregnant! (been there, done that x2).

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OMG. So weird that you said that, I’m just now realizing that the same happened to me! I’m on the depo shot, I haven’t had a period in about 8 years. About a week into IF I lightly bled for about 3 days. I didn’t think much of it at the time but maybe it’s not a coincidence

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