WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for April, 2008: Re: CONTRACEPTION: Spotting... could I be pregnant?

Re: CONTRACEPTION: Spotting... could I be pregnant?

From: Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:20:00 -0500 (CDT)

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Message posted on Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb behalf by: Hope, Fibroid and Women’s Health Forum Moderator

It is not unusual for women on BCP to skip Menses. Wait a week or two and then do a pregnancy test.Chances are it will be negative.

Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb New York Downtown Hospital, http://www.nohysterectomy.com

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At Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Azhure wrote: >
>I'm experiencing something strange that has never happened to me before,
>so I'm a little worried I might be pregnant.
>
>I've been on the same brand of the pill for about a year. I'm 5 days
>into the "non-active" pills and I don't have what I would call a period,
>I have more what I would call spotting (not really enough to need a pad,
>just a pantyliner, and not constant) and I don't feel like I'm on my
>period (even with the pill I have some PMS). I've always had very
>heavy, long, regular periods and with the pill they're not really
>lighter, just shorter, so this is really strange for me.
>
>Could I be pregnant? I'm thinking that since there is something
>happening, even if it's more like spotting than a period, that would
>mean I'm not pregnant... but on the other hand, maybe being on the pill
>makes the spotting happen even if you are pregnant?
>
>I know I should probably take a pregnancy test, but I feel like I should
>wait until the spotting stops. Would the spotting interfere with the
>test?
>
>Since my periods have been heavy and regular since the first one (15
>years ago), I'm really feeling weird about what's going on. If not
>pregnancy, what could be causing this change after so long on the same
>pills? I've not taken them any differently this past month and I'm not
>under more stress than usual.
>--
>Any advice would be much appreciated, thanks! :-)
>

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