First off, let me say I do not think that
I'm pregnant. I'm on hormonal birth
control, have never missed a pill, and am
very careful about when I have sex (i.e. I
try not to around my supposed ovulations
days, because I'm paranoid). I get my
period very regularly, I always have, even
before the birth control (which I'm on
first and foremost for my PMDD).
My question is really purely so that if
the birthcontrol *were* to fail I would be
able to know as soon as possible, and get
an abortion as soon as possible (because
a) I'm 19, b) I don't want my own children
ever and am currently saving up for
getting my tubes tied, and c) I'm moving
away from the US and the guy I'm seeing,
so if I were to get pregnant we couldn't
make it work). Would breakthrough
bleeding occure randomly on any given day,
or the week when I'm meant to get my
period? I've already had a panic attack
once because my period got lighter when I
went on the pill but then I found out that
it was actually just a symptom of the
pill, and I just want to make sure that if
I did get breakthrough bleeding, it
wouldn't trick me into thinking it was my
period.
I know this post makes it sound like I'm
*expecting* to get pregnant, but I'm
really, really not. It's just I'm quite
OCD about knowing *exactly* what is going
on with my body, and I'd like any info on
this subject especially.
