WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2002: Re: [Birth Control] Pregnant???

Re: [Birth Control] Pregnant???

From: Richard Chudacoff, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 6 Jan 2002 15:37:47 -0600 (CST)

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At Sun, 6 Jan 2002, worried wrote: >
>I had been on Ortho tri cyclen for 2 yars and then my doctor switched me
>to Ortho-novum 3 months ago. The first month my period was normal (6
>days). The second it was about 2 days long. This past month it was
>only one day and a litle spotting over the next too. Having missed
>pills occasionally...what are the chances that I could be pregnant? Ever
>since I started I have always been regualr...ALWAYS. Could this mean
>I'm pregnant or maybe just what the new pills are doing?

Pregnant or very irresponsible. If you won't take pills daily, don't expect them to work. Pills do decrease menses and few women will not have any menses while on the pill, but you are playing with fire by not taking your pills responsibly.

-- Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG Chudacoff Obstetrics & Gynecology, PLLC Sugar Land, TX

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