Family Planning Plus

Relax.

If you are pregnant, the home pregnancy tests should be showing positive by now. When first starting the Depo shot it is very common to have irregular spotting and/or bleeding. It may take your body 3-9 months to become adjusted to being on Depo.

After continued use of the Depo shot, you should have little or no period bleeding. 80% of all women using the Depo shot stop having periods within one year of use. The reason for this is that the shot doesn’t allow the uterine lining to build up each month. If there’s no lining building up and dying off, there’s nothing to bleed out. This is a benefit of the Depo shot that many women enjoy. When you receive your shots on time, Depo’s effectiveness is about 99.9%.