PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for July, 2001: Re: can't remember when my last period was .Might be in trouble

Re: can't remember when my last period was .Might be in trouble

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 12 Jul 2001 07:34:03 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 11 Jul 2001, ande wrote: >
>I feel like an idiot now, but must admit I am horrible of keeping track
>of anything-- Including the first day of my last period. I'm guessing
>the first day of the last was about a month ago, butI was in the process
>of switching from Nor QD (the mini pill) to ortho-tricylcin. The switch
>messed up my periods and I think my last period lasted well over two
>weeks--it was off and on spotting and no heavy bleeding like usual. Now
>I'm worried that this last period may have actually been early pregnancy
>bleeding. The test I took today sprang up a result so quickly and so
>deeply colored, that I wonder if I am more pregnant than two weeks. My
>past two pregancies were just barely detectable on the home tests(the
>lines were almost invisible!) The reason that I'm concerned is that I am
>having what feels like menstrual cramps and am 1on psychiatric drugs
>that may be harmful. Any thoughts greatly appreciated!

Having been on the pill, it is difficult to say when you could have gotten pregnant. The pill itself will not be harmful to the pregnancy either way. I can't comment on the psychiatric medication without know what it is... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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