Re: Not sure what's wrong
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 30 Nov 2000 17:39:09 -0600 (CST)
Not in any particular order -
It's not normal to have abdominal pain.
You may be pregnant.
Irregular bleeding can occur on any pill for up to 3 months. After 3
months, we usually switch pills.
Hope this helps and write back anytime for more information.
HSM
At Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Mandy wrote:
>
>Lets start with saying that I'm 20, married, and
>have a 10 month old son. After I had my son I
>was put on the mini pill and than on ortho tri-
>cyclen. During the first pack of ortho
>tri-cyclen I started bleeding about half way
>through the pack and it went on for two weeks, so
>I went to the doctor. He checked my thyroid
>level and it was low or how he put it, it wasn't
>working. So he put me on a low dose of meds (I
>forgot the name) for my thyroid problem and he
>also put me on different BC pills, orthocept. A
>month later I went in for some more blood work on
>my thyroids and they were fine. During the first
>pack of orthocept I had a great deal of pain in
>my abdomen but my period started when it should
>have (the last week of pack 1) but two weeks
>later it started again and went on for another
>two weeks, so I stopped taking the pills all
>together. I'm tired of bleeding all the time and
>so is my husband. Now I have an appointment to
>get a diaphragm, but for the past two weeks
>(about two and a half weeks after I stopped
>taking the BC pills) I have been having a great
>deal of pain in my abdomen where it would hurt to
>move, to sit down, when I would have a bowel
>movement, and it felt like I had to urinate all
>the time (once well urinating there was a thick
>clear discharge). I thought I might have a
>bladder infection so I started drinking a lot of
>cranberry juice. It feels a lot better now but
>there is still a mild pain in my abdomen.
>Is this pain normal because I stopped taking the
>pill? Also the last few days my breast and
>nipples have been sore, I've never had this as I
>sign that I'm about to start my period. So could
>I be pregnant? When I was pregnant for my son I
>didn't have any signs that I was except for a
>missed period. I'm sorry this is so long winded.
>
>Is it normal to bleed like that well on the pill?
>My doctor said it wasn't. A great deal of people
>in my family have died from ovarian and cervical
>cancer and I guess I'm scared that the bleeding
>was I sign that I might have cancer. So can
>someone please help me out.
>
>Thank you,
>Mandy
--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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