How many off you women out there have use depo provera shot?

Question

how many of you have use this contraceptive shot and have gain weight? is this thing about gaining weight true? and if so when did you start gaining weight after having the shot? i would like to use it because i'm breastfeeding but i don't want to gain weight. Is the progestin only pill better to use instead???

Answer 1

Use ANYTHING other than the depo shot! Have you read the horror stories yet. You might want to take the progestin shot...because my milk dried up completely when I got on depo. Also if you want to have kids in the future, depo may make it hard for you. So quit while you are ahead and take progestin or anything else...just not depo. I am totally against it.  I took the shot once and didn't really gain any weight. It wasn't until I missed my second shot that people started coming up to me and saying, "when are you expecting?" I started gaining weight AFTER I got off...isn't that crazy. It does weird things to your body.

Answer 2

I gained about two pounds a year when on the shot. I hated it!!! It gave me terrible leg cramps, would never go back.

Answer 3

i use it and i have not gained any weight.

but then again every body is different!

Answer 4

DON'T DO IT!!!!



you'll regret it. Even though everyone reacts different 2 it...it just has too many negative side effects. I gained about 10 lbs and it's been 4 months since my 1st shot, i'm still trying to lose it. it's mostly in the abdomen area...gross

Answer 5

I used depo for  10 years. I gained about 10 lbs overall during the whole time. It took a few months of taking the shot before I gained it all.  I gained just as much weight when I was on the pill.

Answer 6

I didn't gain weight while on it.  

Answer 7

It was a nightmare for me. I was very moody and I gained a lot of weight. I weighed 115 before the shot.. 2 months later I was 130!!  

Answer 8

It really depends on how your body responds to the hormones in the shot. For myself, I did not gain any weight. Personally, I would go for the shot, I am really bad about remembering pills to begin with, so once every three months was a lot easier (the doctors call and remind me lol).

Either way I would say you will see side effects from either.

Answer 9

I got the shot about a year ago... I would never get it again. I put on heaps of weight and I'm still trying to lose it. It gave me really bad mood swings and made me feel horrible.

I definately wouldnt recommend it to anyone!

Answer 10

I only took one shot of it. I gained 30 lbs during the first month or month and a half. I also had horrible mood swings, hot flashes, and just felt all around miserable. I also bled non-stop the whole 3 months. When it was time for the second shot, I choose to go back on birth control pills. I've had little or no side effects when taking the pills.

Answer 11

I used depo about 10 years ago, before I had my first baby.  I gained 20 lbs. in the first 3 months, then I was on it for 2 years and then I gained 20 lbs. when I went off of it. I don't use any hormnes, because they always give me horrible cramps. I don't know about progestin.