Re: ? about bc and periods
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 1 Apr 2001 16:14:19 -0500 (CDT)
Correct. You may not know.
HSM
At Sun, 1 Apr 2001, me wrote:
>
>To the Dr.-
>Sorry, it was pretty confusing, all I meant to ask is that if I had
>conceived (but not tested positive yet) and THEN went on birth control
>pills because i didn't know I was pregnant, would I still get the
>telltale sign of missed periods, even though I am on the pill? I heard
>that if you are on the pill,even if you are pregnant you still get
>menstrual periods so you won't even know you are pregnant until other
>symptoms arise...
>At Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. wrote:
>>
>>It was a bit confusing so let me say that the failure rate with teh pill
>>is very, very low.
>>
>>Hope this helps and write back anytime for more information.
>>
>>HSM
>>
>>At Thu, 29 Mar 2001, me wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>I'm thinking about going to the doctor's to get birth control pills,
>>>mainly to regulate my period better, but also for the obvious reasons,
>>>too. I know that you take the pills for 3 weeks, then you take the
>>>placebo or whatever for a week and that is when you get your period, but
>>>my question is this, if in the off chance that you were to get pregnant
>>>while still being on the pill, would you still NOT get your period like
>>>a person who isn't on the pill and got pregnant? Or would you continue
>>>to get your period if you were on the pill and pregnant because of the
>>>hormones and everything in the pill...sorry if this is confusing..
>>
>>--
>>Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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