Re: PREGNANCY: Does plan B cause missed periods?
From: Pat Sonnenstuhl (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:49:18 -0500 (CDT)
Theoretically, Plan B will not cause a period. If taken as you have
stated, it just prevents a pregnancy from occurring with high levels of
hormones. It
s possible you were either pregnant before using it, or became pregnant
after using it, or aren't pregnant at all. I think keeping track of
things is important, along with doing a test if you start experiencing
symptoms.
Plan B might change the nature and character of your period, pehaps, but
what you describe doesn't sound likely.
At Fri, 27 Jul 2007, dark wrote:
>
>I am a 26 year old female with a relatively stable 30 day menstrual
>cycle. My last "normal" period came on June 20. On June 22, I had
>unprotected sex. Just to be on the safe side I took a Plan B within 24
>hours. After that my menstrual flow got much lighter reducing to
>intermittent spotting, even though my period normally lasts for 5-6
>days. I didn't have sex after that till about two weeks from June 22,
>when I got a urine pregnancy test done at a health center which turned
>out to be negative. After that I had sex about 4-5 times, with a condom
>which did not leak or break. My period was supposed to come around July
>20, but a few days before I started spotting again, and the spotting
>lasted for about 5-6 days. The blood was both bright red and brownish
>on the tissue. I'm still waiting for my normal period, 7 days after it
>was due. I have been doing home pregnancy tests over the last week
>which are negative and again went to the health center to get a urine
>test done which was negative. Was the light spotting my period? And if
>so, did Plan B cause it to be such? How long do I have to wait to know
>for certain if I could be pregnant?
>
>Thanks!
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Pat Sonnenstuhl, CNM, CHT
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