I'm on the pill, but I recently had
surgery (beginning of April) & had to take
medications that decrease the
effectiveness of birth control. I've never
missed a pill, but I've been a couple of
hours late taking it. This was our only
form of protection, he pulled out (which I
know isn't a method of protection b/c you
can still get preg from this).
Last month, I skipped my period on
purpose, so I didn't take the placebo
pills, I just continued taking the active
pills.
This month, I had PMS symptoms like the
huge headache and cramping (these are
normal symptoms for me). And I had a
period, but I wouldn't even call it a
period.. I usually start my period on Wed
morning and it's gone by Friday night.
This month, I started spotting very very
lightly on Sunday, 3 days early. I had an
light period for maybe 2 hours on
Wednesday, then by Wed afternoon, it was
finished, completley. I know that this
isn't stress related for me, stress
doesn't affect my periods, and I haven't
even been stressed lately.
I know that I might have thrown out my
period schedule by skipping my period..
but I thought that if I skipped a period,
the next one should be heavier, so that's
why I'm confused, it seems weird to me. Is
there a possiblilty that I could be
pregnant since my time of the month was so
light and short, almost non existant?
(I also posted this in the preg. forum)
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PenguinsRus
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Posted: 04-22-08 10:25am
Although it seems logical that skipping a
period would make the next one heavier, it
actually doesn't really work that way.
Usually women who bleed aren't pregnant,
but since your bleeding is so light and
you had unprotected sex (he was inside of
you without a condom while you were on
medication making your birth control less
effective, so its considered unprotected)
I would recommend taking a pregnancy test.
By now it would be 99% accurate since
it's been so long since the acts of
unprotected sex.
Periods can be weird, especially if you
change something involving the birth
control. Skipping the placebos or taking
other medication that interfered with the
absorption of the pill could have messed
up your flow and made it lighter.
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