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Avatar f tn OK...a little bit of background. 2 mos ago, I had a missed pill. Followed the in-pack instructions and took the missed pill the following morning and my pill that evening as usual. This has thrown my cycles off like crazy. My last "period" during placebo week was the pill pack prior to the missed pill. I am now having the typical placebo week bleeding between the 2nd and 3rd weeks of the active pills, with not even as much as spotting during the placebo week.
Avatar n tn I was also on it 3 yrs ago and i would get my period 2-3 days into the placebo week EVERY time. I skipped the first placebo week of pills for a trip, and i took my last active pill on august 23rd. I have no period yet, and i have discharge that resembles that to ovulation- stringy and clear. I had unprotected sex on aug 9th and aug 20th and both of those times ironically i missed a pill by 12 hours (caught up in the night!) why am i not getting my period? should i be taking a pregnancy test?
Avatar f tn I just continued taking the pills as directed. I did not get my period during the placebo week. It has now been 9 days since I've taken a pill. I don't want to start another pack until I get my period. Is this normal?
Avatar f tn So, I started my new birth control pack during the placebo week in April to avoid getting my period. I still ended up getting my period however, but it was very light. Well my placebo week for the second pack was last week and I never got my period and this week is technically suppose to be the real week I got my period and it still hasn't shown. Is it possible it hasn't shown because me taking my birth control packs back to back has thrown it off?
Avatar f tn I have been taking Microgestin 1/20 for 1 month now. I am almost finished with my second pack, I'm on the placebo week, its my fifth day no period still. I'be been taking my bcp on time everyday. Should I be worried or should I stay calm until I start taking my next pack?
Avatar m tn Though thus of her taking these BC pills she has been spotting irregularly sometime around a week before her period starts thus started her period until Wednesday (April 25th) her first sign of real bleeding.  I arrived home to surprise visit her at 1:30am on Saturday April 27th and we had unprotected sex ( I withdrew) and again later that early morning around 8am( I ejaculated inside of her).
Avatar n tn I would say you do have a higher chance of getting pregnant during the placebo week than you normally would since this is your first month on the pill. The placebo week is meant to keep you on track with your pills. During the placebo week is when you are supposed to be menstruating. If you didnt m enstruate during that time you could possibly have ovulated. Even while you are on the pill I would recommend using a condom also...pills are not 100% effective.
Avatar m tn So do the sugar pills even do anything? Like do they notify my body that its time to menstruate or am I better off not taking them? This whole thing is sort of worrying me.
Avatar f tn If you're pregnant, you are not going to have a period (even if it's during the placebo pills). If you are really worried about being pregnant, I suggest you take a pregnancy test before starting a new pack.
Avatar n tn Hi! If you were my patient, I would advise you that not everybody has their period after taking the first pill. Sometimes it doesn't come for a few days. Sometimes you won't have much of a period at all. If you think you might be pregnant, you should take a test if you don't have a period by the END of the placebos. Good luck!
Avatar f tn I ended up taking 3 pills at once and then carried on the pills as normal. Had no break through bleeding. Now I’m into the placebo week and would normally expect my period in 2 days from now. I have been very crampy, could I still get it or is it possible I’m pregnant? I’m really nervous... it was just the one time but all this stuff I’m reading is making me more nervous.
Avatar f tn I usually start the exact same day, on a Wednesday, during the placebo week but I have had my period start a day before or a day late. When I was a teenager, my period was always on a Sunday. I've been on birth control for 18 years and it gradually changed days. I suggest take the pill asap, go get the morning after pill if you had sex within the last few days. Buy an early detection pregnancy test.
Avatar f tn is it safe to have unprotected sex the week before the start of the placebo week? i know sperm lasted a week inside a vagina so if it lasts that week while your on the plaacebo and there are no hormones will the sperm meet an egg or no?
1185950 tn?1264352689 "Sometimes when you have an extra long period at the beginning, you skip yours during the placebo."...... What is the placebo?
547512 tn?1273245025 It depends what you're trying to do. Are you trying to get pregnant again or not get pregnant? If you were trying to get pregnant again I would suggest you don't take BC pills only because you want to give your body a chance to return back to normal. I am not an expert, just speaking from experience. When I took birth control (took it for a total of 2 years) and became ready to have a baby, it took my body almost a year to adjust and be back to normal.
Avatar f tn About a week or two earlier than my placebo pills, I got what I think was my period - heavy, had clots in it, and lasted roughly 3 or 4 days. I had no period during my placebo pills and brown discharge shortly thereafter. Now two weeks into my new pack pills, I got nervous and decided to take a pregnancy test. First hpt was digital and read 'pregnant'. Second hpt was standard with one line signifying not pregnant and two lines for pregnant.
Avatar f tn Honestly, it was messed up for a while. It came late during the placebo week and lasted a little into the first week of the next pack after that. It was 2/3 months before my period was normal again.
Avatar f tn Although, back in the beginning of January I did take the placebo pills and had a period (sorry, I left that out before)...I was a crazy woman during that week! It was awful! And to elaborate on the 'spotting' mentioned before, it was a "heavy" spotting that would last usually 2 days, but never more than 4 days (like a light period). Do I need to be worried about something?? I had just stopped taking Kariva 5 days ago (not long ago, I know).
Avatar n tn So, most doctors do like us to have a period periodically. You need to built that into the plan. but in general, you can skip your placebo week if you so desire to not have any bleeding/spotting at all. When you decide to take the placebo week, I'd just do it like a regular pack. You finish a pack and it starts with placebo, so start the new pack with placebo (or where it falls into the packaging).
Avatar f tn I have been taking Microgestin 1/20 for 1 month now. I am almost finished with my second pack, I'm on the placebo week, its my fifth day no period still. I'be been taking my bcp on time everyday. Should I be worried or should I stay calm until I start taking my next pack?
Avatar f tn Me and my boyfriend had unprotected sex Saturday and Sunday. I've been on birth control for about 3 years and this month I only took two weeks of the pill and started right to my placebo pills this week after we had sex. I'm wondering if because I skipped to my placebo pills a week early will that cause me too ovulate and get pregnant? I'm kind of freaking out.
Avatar f tn I just started taking my birth control again this month. I was off of it for two months. To delay it, during the week in April I should get my period I skip the placebo pills and start taking a new pack of pills correct? Is this method very effective? I have heard it was, but I just want to hear of peoples personal experiences. I am scheduled to get my period the week of March 31st. So, I just start a new pack of pills immediately and throw away the placebo pills correct?
Avatar f tn I have been taking Microgestin 1/20 for 1 month now. I am almost finished with my second pack, I'm on the placebo week, its my fifth day no period still. I'be been taking my bcp on time everyday. Should I be worried or should I stay calm until I start taking my next pack?
Avatar f tn Typically, no a girl will not get her period during the placebo set if she is pregnant. But the only way to know for sure is to test.
Avatar f tn The hormones he wants to check are prolactin, cortisol and testosterone and my GP has also ordered estradiol as she suspects that checking cortison will not be possible (it has to be done in a hospital and this is unavailable atm due to COVID-19). I will have a blood test next Tuesday, coincidentally during my placebo week (and probably my first day of period).
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