Just off birth control

[avi13]

Hey guys

I have been experiencing sharp pains in my ovaries for the last two days, had cramps for the last week on and off .. But no period increased breast size but still nothing

I just got off birth control about a month ago and this has all started after stopping the pill I was on Minerva 35 for just over a year.. I had to stop it as it was causing issues with my periods, mood swings and discharge

Any advice about what could be wrong or is this symptoms of coming off birth control

Thanks for all the awesome support over the last few years keep it up

Avi

[avi13]

Just to add I have not gotten my period as yet since stopping the pill

[Heather]

Can you give me an idea of how severe these pains are? Can you also fill me in, if you've been sexually active, on if you're up-to-date with your STI tests and preventative sexual healthcare?

[avi13]

Hi heather

They feel like needle in my ovaries and I have not had sex this month or last I have been fingered by my boyfriend but that's it.. No Sti's either

[Heather]

So, you have recently had a full panel of STI tests and a gynecological exam?

[avi13]

No I have not but, but I have not had sex in the last year

[Heather]

Manual sex is a kind of sex, so if you have engaged in that, and other kinds of sex before, STI tests are needed. They're also the only way to know if we do or don't have an infection.

It sounds to me like you'll want to call into the doctor or clinic you see for this kind of healthcare. If you're due for an annual exam and/or STI tests anyway (or have never had them), then I'd suggest you just make an appointment for those things and make clear, when you make that appointment, you're having some severe ovarian pain, so want, if they can, to be seen as soon as they can fit you in. Then you can ask about this at the same time and the exam they'd be giving you anyway will allow them to investigate it for you.

You also have asked in the past several times over the last year about concerns with discharges, so if you still haven't had your healthcare provider look into that for you, you could finally get that looked into as well.

[avi13]

Does coming of birth control not give you any of these side effects.. Could I get an sti from having manual sex??

[Heather]

Yes, manual sex poses risks of some infections, be it STIs or general bacterial infections.

Coming off of hormonal methods of contraception is not something generally associated with sharp pain of any kind. Breast tenderness can occur when coming off the pill as it can when starting it, but tenderness is not severe pain. Again, severe pain, if that is what you are experiencing, of any kind is something that is best brought to a healthcare provider without delay.