Thread: Heavier Periods in your 40's or is it Plan B?

A year and a half ago I took plan B two months in a row- I know it's bad, but I have NEVER in my entire life been on any birth control.

I am now 40 and it seems like right around the time I took Plan B almost 2 years ago, my periods started getting heavier. It's only the first day or two- I have no cramps and never really had my whole life- it's just that the first day or two sometimes I have to wear a super pad and a super tampon at the same time- and within an hour or two they are completely soaked thru! But it will come and go throughout the day. One hour it will be really heavy and then the next it goes down and then a few hours later it seems heavy again??

It might have started happening before I ever took Plan B but it seems like it was right around the same time, so I'm thinking- is it because of Plan B? because I am almost to menopause?

I don't think Plan B would do that. But I'm not a doctor. You should definitely make an appointment with your gyno to see what is going on.