WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for October, 2002: Re: [Birth Control] Why didn't I get my period????

Re: [Birth Control] Why didn't I get my period????

From: Jessica Bardales MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 16 Oct 2002 07:18:04 -0500 (CDT)

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Some birth control pills are designed, if used on a continous basis, to stop periods all together. The 28 day pill may sometimes result in "missed" periods in some cycles.

At Wed, 16 Oct 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I'm taking Ortho Tricycline 28 day pack, and I was supposed to get my
>period about 2 days ago, and I have not received it yet. I took a
>pregnancy test and it showed up negative, however, I don't really trust
>the home pregnancy tests. This happened before to me back in June 2002,
>and I went to the doctor and had a pregnancy test done, it came up
>negative. I asked him why I hadn't gotten my period and he informed me
>that in some women taking the birth controll pill will take your period
>away completely, however, I did get it the following day, but I'm just
>wondering if that is a TRUE FACT, because I've never heard of it before.
>I've heard of amnorhea, and being pregnant, but not that.

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Jessica Bardales MD, SOCOG
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