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Re: Period during pregnancy? From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net) Tue, 20 Mar 2001 21:16:11 -0600 (CST) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Michelle: "Re: Enlarged Uteris" Previous message: OBGYN.net: "Mid-March 2001 OBGYN.net Update" In reply to: Eleanor: "Period during pregnancy?" At Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Eleanor wrote: > >I read on one of the earlier postings that it is possible to be pregnant >when on BCPs, and still have a regular period. I was wondering how that >could be? I know that at the end of each cycle, if the body doesn't >detect pregnancy, then the corpus leuteum dies and then the lining of >the uterus is shed. However, if pregnancy is detected, then the corpus >leuteum remains alive to aid in hormone production during pregnancy. So, >why, if you are pregnant, can you still have a normal period? Is it just >break through bleeding? I was just curious as to how that worked. >Thanks! That is not really true. You cannot have a period or withdrawal bleed while your are pregnant, pill or no pill, but not all vaginal bleeding is a period, and there can be some bleeding in early pregnancy. -- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG This is for educational purposes only, and is neither designed nor intended to replace consultation with and examination by a licensed medical professional. Please, no private e-mails. I will not be able to answer them. Next message: Michelle: "Re: Enlarged Uteris" Previous message: OBGYN.net: "Mid-March 2001 OBGYN.net Update" In reply to: Eleanor: "Period during pregnancy?"

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