Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Posts: 1 Location: Bloomington, IL.
Emergency Question About Birth Control- Please Respond! Posted: 11-17-03 21:05pm
Okay, i'm writing this because of my
girlfriend, who i'm very concerned for
right now. She started taking birth
control about 3 months ago, with no real
problems other than an ocassional minor
spotting. 6 (today is monday, and she
told me last tuesday) days ago, however,
she told me that she had begun her period.
The thing is that she still had 6 or 7
blue pills left. During the week between
then and now she had been experiencing
extreme cramping and pain. Today is
around the time where she would normally
experience her period because she is at
the green pills. Over the weekend, she
had visited me (i'm in college, and she
lives at home), and, over the weekend, she
was experiencing major bleeding. Today
she headed straight from here to work at
around 1:30 pm. To get to her job at 4pm.
She called me around 7pm tonight and told
me that when she had gotten to work, she
had bled extremely, and it had gotten all
over her pants to her socks. After she
changed her pants, she continued to bleed
extremely and had been through 3 more
tampons. She keeps me aware of when she
is having a period, and normally it lasts
around 3 days at most. Not only did this
start a week early, but, it has lasted a
week, is still continuing, and she is
bleeding much more heavily than normal.
Neither of us know what is going on, and,
quite honestly, it's scarey even on my
behalf so, I couldn't even imagine what
she's going through with all of this. If
anyone knows at all what is going on or
has any idea of it or what she/we should
do, please respond! I don't know what else
to say, but, here are some more things
that stick out in my mind that might
contribute to this-
she is 22- I don't know if age has
anything to do with it.
We do not have protected sex- it's bad,
even with birth control, I know...And
that's basically all there is to it.
She described the "discharged" as more
liquid than usual- she said her normal
periods are more "clotted"
thanks to anyone who took the time to read
all of this and a special thank you in
advance to anyone who can reply.
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Sparkles412
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Posts: 65 Location: NY
Call a Doctor!!! Posted: 11-18-03 11:38am
The first thing she should do is call her
doctor who prescribed the pills and let
them know what is going on. Why let it
keep going like this, she could be loosing
a lot of blood. And she sounds like she
is wasting alot of tampons, try using a
pad and see if that last longer. Or
double it up, use a tampon and a pad so
she doesnt ruin her pants anymore. Her
body could be changing because of the
pill, everyone has different reactions. I
have bleed before when I was still on the
blue pills, and have bleed for more than a
week before, but it wasn't that heavy. I
wouldn't sit around and wait any longer,
go the the emergency room if it's that
serious! This could be break through
bleeding which is a side effect of the
pill!!!
Hope everything turns out ok!!!!
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missbuttons
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 94 Location: USA
Posted: 11-18-03 12:31pm
Definately get her to the doctor or the
er. It sounds like she is bleeding way
too much.
It is common to have breakthrough bleeding
(spotting), but from what you described,
that is a lot more than just breakthrough
bleeding.
