ortho-tricyclen lo for about 4 months + now off Posted: 03-21-06 13:24pm
I was taking ortho-tricyclen lo for about
4 months, but the second to last month I
was on it, I was on an antibiotic and
ended up with a period for over a week.
I stopped because I was going to take
another antibiotic and didn't want to
waste the pill. So now i'm off. And
waiting for my period. Which is late.
It's normal to have a late or missed
period when you first go off bc, right?
I don't think i'm pregnant due to no
tenderness, nausea, anything like that.
I have had sex multiple times this month,
sometimes with a condom halfway through,
and other times he just pulled out.
But there's no chance for me to be
pregnant, right?
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Mabel
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Posted: 03-21-06 13:33pm
Having sex - even with the pull out method
- at all means there is a slight
possibility you may be pregnant. However,
when you stop taking the pill it takes
your body some time to adjust to it's own
hormone balance.
It is curious that you had your period in
the middle of a cycle after taking
antibiotics. I don't think the two are
related. It was probably breakthrough
bleeding that can happen any time on
hormonal birth control. I'm also not sure
where the 'waste' would be. If otc lo
only takes about a week to be effective
(is that right?) then you only 'wasted' a
week or two worth of protection vs having
to wait to start the pill and having been
unprotected the entire month. If hormonal
birth control isn't right for you, you can
find something that will work better. An
iud, a cap, diaphragm, etc.
