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Yes, you can get depo provera on the fifth day of your period. If you start within the first seven days of your period, Depo Provera is immediately effective.
Yes the Provera worked. It doesn't matter how long your period lasted for all that matter is your period came after the use of provera.
You can use anything you like - pads, tampons, cup -- with your period after stopping depo provera.
If you don't get a period after a round of Provera, you need to contact your health care provider to discuss next steps. The Provera challenge is both diagnosis and treatment. Lack of bleeding after Provera indicates a problem in the uterine lining, or a lack of adequate estrogen.
so you can start your period.
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It is common to have no period when using Depo Provera.
Most people on the shot don't usually have a period
Some women have a regular period immediately after stopping depo, and for others it may take 18 months. The average is 11 months.
Provera is often given both to encourage the uterine lining to shed, and as a diagnostic tool to find out why the period is late. Lack of bleeding after finishing a round of Provera is not normal, and needs to be reported to the prescriber so that you can take the next diagnostic step together.