Re: Provera, etc. pill question...
From: Randi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 17:42:00 -0500 (CDT)
Nah, no chance of pregnancy.....gotta be having sex for that, right?
heehee...
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Randi
At Mon, 15 Apr 2002, jodi wrote:
>
>Hrrmmmm... well, is there any chance you could be pregnant? (I know,
>don'tya love that question?) If not... it might mean nothing. You
>should probably check with your doc, but I really think there's a good
>chance it could mean nothing. Sometimes our bodies just don't respond
>as they ought to, even with medications that have tricked them into
>"working" in the past. (I took BCPs for years and never failed to have
>a withdrawal bleed... until I went on Demulen. Boy did that freak me
>out... but three prego tests later, i finally decided to believe my
>doctor who said, sometimes this happens...)
>
>Good luck with this!
>
>- jodi
>
>At Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Randi wrote:
>>
>>Yes, I am talking about Provera (Generic-Medroxyprogesterone). I took
>>it a year ago and got a period...this time nothing...I am nervous...
>>
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>>Randi
>>
>>At Mon, 15 Apr 2002, jodi wrote:
>>>
>>>I'm not sure if you're talking about provera or the pill... i'm gonna
>>>assume provera? have you ever taken provera in the past and had a bleed
>>>from it? i think - though i'm not sure - that failure of provera to
>>>induce a bleed means something... a sign that you have problems other
>>>than or in addition to PCOS... but i forget just what it is that it
>>>indicates!!! (i just remember a doc saying once "so you've taken provera
>>>in the past and you had a period? ok, then you don't have..." but i
>>>forget what it was that i don't have!)
>>>
>>>does this sound right to anyone?
>>>
>>>- jodi
>>>
>>>At Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Randi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hi all -
>>>>
>>>>I STILL haven't gotten my period...I know they say it should come in
>>>>7-10 days after the last pill...it's been 20 days since I took the last
>>>>pill...I was gonna call the doc today, cause I don't understand what's
>>>>happening. I haven't had a period since December...
>>>>
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>>>>Randi
>>>>
>>>>>>At Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Randi wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>How much should I be bleeding once I take this for the 7 day
>>>>>>>period...Should it be heavy? light? stain? It seems as though I am just
>>>>>>>staining...barely....so I'm wondering if that happens to anyone, what it
>>>>>>>means, what I need to do next, etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>--
>>>>>>>Randi
>>>>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Randi
>>>>
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>>Randi
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Randi
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