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Re: MENORRHAGIA: Period since the 11th, on birth control. Please help?
From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:48:12 -0500 (CDT)
Chantel!
Possibly the pills are not controlling things and you need a different
pill. Call your doc on this one...Dr. von Almen
At Sat, 23 Aug 2008, Chantel! wrote:
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>Someone please lend your advice. I have been on birth control since I
>was about 15. I am now 19. First, the ring, up until earlier this
>year, and now the pill, for at least 6 months. I normally skip periods,
>but the past few times it hasn't worked and I have gotten them right
>like clockwork around the 20th of the month. This month, it didn't
>come, until the 11th - and, I still have it! It hasn't gotten any
>lighter, and has been constant. I took more than one pregnancy test
>when it hadn't come, as I have a significant other with whom I am
>sexually active with and we tend to have sex every day, so there have
>been many chances of pregnancy BUT I HAVE BEEN ON BIRTH CONTROL for 4
>years constantly and never had a problem. I have another test I could
>take, but at this point, I am worried that if I was pregnant, the
>bleeding is the fact that I may have damaged the child? I never in my
>life have had a period this long, normally mine are 4-7 days, and light
>by the third. Any ideas? IF it also helps, I was about a week and a
>half into the blue pills of my new pack, when I got my period, and ive
>finished that pack and started a new one, still continuing the period.
>I'd like to find a solution considering I just shattered my ankle, and
>having a period while in a cast after surgery is no picnic. :)
>
>Sincerely, Chantel
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