Re: Should I be Worried???
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 19 Sep 2001 21:56:23 -0500 (CDT)
If someone is worried, always do a pregnancy test to be sure. That
being said, stress from school can certainly throw things off a bit. I
wouldn't worry about it and that's what I'd recommend to my patients.
Hope this helps and write back anytime for more information.
Dr. M
At Mon, 17 Sep 2001, J wrote:
>
>Hi. Ive been on the pill (levlen) for a year and a half now, and since
>then my period has been very regular. It always comes on the same day
>(3 days into my sugar pills) and usually between 11am and 4pm...
>
>and yet it is now the next day after that I have not started my period.
>Ive never missed a pill by more than 7 hours, and this past cycle, I
>took all my pills within a 2-3 hour period each day. Im know logically
>speaking it isnt likely, but Im really worried about being pregnant
>because my period has never been later than a few hours since Ive been
>on the pill.. the only other possibility is that I started school again
>between my last period and now and its been a little more stressful this
>semester.. but Im never one to be very very stressed... my weight and
>diet havent changed much..
>
>should I be worried? and would a home pregnancy test be accurate at this
>point?
>
>--
>J
>
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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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