Yes it s totally normal. Depo provera is a contraceptive method for women that you get as a shot.

Your First Year Of Depo Provera Use

If you got the shot during the first 5 days of your period you were covered immediately.

Depo shot no period. Lighter periods or no periods after a year of using the birth control shot up to half of women report they no longer have periods. I ve had depo stop my periods within the same day as the shot. Otherwise you had to wait 7 days before having unprotected sex.

It s a manmade hormone called medroxyprogesterone which is similar to progesterone. But if you had sex without a condom or any other kind of birth control after your last period and before you got your shot or during the first week after you got the shot you should take a pregnancy test just in case. Until then you may get prolonged and or heavy bleeding.

If you followed those rules there s no change you could have conceived before you had the depo shot then you wont be pregnant. You get the shot in your arm or rear end. How do depo injections affect your period.

If this is your first shot you can expect your periods to be a bit all over the place until you re on your 3rd or 4th shot. There are many benefits and effects of depo provera but the most common side effect of the injection is a change in the woman s menstrual cycle. Many women get their depo shot the first five days of their normal menstrual period and the contraception is able to kick in immediately.

It works for up to 12 to 14 weeks. The absence of a period which is called amenorrhea is safe. Most people find they stop all together after that although everyone is different.

It s normal for the shot to change your period or even make you not get one at all while you use it so it s very possible you have nothing to worry about.