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[nicoletta.livejournal.com]

My cycles have been absolutely crazy for two years now. I stopped taking depo in order to prepare to get pregnant and have not had a single period without the assistance of progesterone.

I took it for two separate cycles and it worked like a charm, but no periods without it's help.

The dr. insists it is perfectly fine that I not have my period after depo for at least three years, so I went back to letting my body trying to figure it out on it's own.

So for the past month now, I have been wet 24/7 and not damp but drenching wet constantly, finally last night on a bathroom trip on the toilet paper I found a small chunky lump of goo (like you might expect on your period.) and the urine scent was very very strong.

I thought I might be starting my period but it has been about 24 hours now and nothing else happened.

Has anyone else ever spotted in a similar fashion either in lieu of a period or a few days before hand? and does the strong smelling urine mean anything?

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[kwokj.livejournal.com]

Sorry, may I ask you to clarify? What do you mean by begin wet? and do you mean your urine smelled strong, or that the discharge smelled strongly of urine?

Sorry, I most likely can't identify what's going on with you at the moment, but if you'd like some suggestions about your general lack of period, I know a woman who got her periods to go from very sparse to a reasonable cycle length (she also wanted to get pregnant) by drinking soy milk constantly.

Alternatively, you might be interested in dong quai. Google around for info on that. It's a root that is reputed to help with a lot of menstrual related problems including lack of period.

Good luck.

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[nicoletta.livejournal.com]

Wet, like when aroused or when ovulating.

Strong scented, like when you don't drink enough water and your urine gets darker and smells more strongly, except I have been drinking as much water as always.

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[ourika.livejournal.com]

Have you been eating more salt so that you might retain water? Also, some foods (like asparagus) will cause the urine to be much stronger smelling.

I haven't heard of strong smelling urine being connected to a woman's menstrual cycle (doesn't mean it's not - just means that I haven't heard of it).

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[nicoletta.livejournal.com]

no extra salt... but I have been eating asparagus... hmm good to know. thx

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[kwokj.livejournal.com]

I have had times when I have been annoyingly wet more no particular reason... I didn't take it as anything other than hormone fluctuations that are probably within the range of normal. My suspicion is that the wetness and the stron smelling urine (good call from ourika abbout the asparagus) are probably unrelated to you sparse lack of period.

[anais.livejournal.com]

I definitely recommend taking some herbs, like dong quai as mentioned above. There are lots of others. Get yourself a book on herbs for women, or search the net. Probably, your body is still "re-setting" itself after the Depo.