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BIRTH CONTROL ADVICE EMERGENCY
Okay I have been on birth control almost 2monthes now. Well I haven't had my period in a month, I didn't take my sugar pills but I don't think that should have an effect on my period NOT coming. I have had no signs of pregnancy an I took a test 3 days before my period was supposed to come which was the 7th? SO I need advice???
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i'm not sure what sugar pills are, but if you're refering to the last week (placebo pills) than no you wouldn't get your period. some pills are designed so that you can skip the last week of your pills and go striaght into a new pack without ever recieving your period. but you should really see your doctor about this to be sure.
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It is correct that the hormonal birth control pill is 99.7% effective when used in perfection; however, it is unlikely that you are using the pills as perfectly as one hopes. This means that you should be taking your pill at the EXACT SAME TIME every single day, no alterations to your body or lifestyle. Even if you're only a couple of hours off, you have increased the chances of a pregnancy.
Let's face it, we are not perfect beings. Many things can lead to an imperfection in taking hormonal birth control pills. Antibiotics, mis-scheduling, herbs/supplements, major stress, and even weight gain can cause issues in the quality of pregnancy prevention (it can render your Hormonal Birth Control completely ineffective even).
With TYPICAL use of the hormonal birth control, a woman is 92% protected from pregnancy. However, one should take into consideration that even with a 92% effective rate, there is an estimated 8 in every 100 women who will become pregnant from typical usage. This being said, you should be taking as many precautions as humanly possible to prevent a pregnancy (along with STD/STI transmission).
Since your period is so extremely late you may want to make an appointment at your clinic to have a pregnancy test there. Home pregnancy tests can read a false-negative, showing you're not pregnant when you are (no, there are no false-positives). Your doctor's pregnancy test will know for-sure if you are pregnant or not.
I also want to note that if you did not take the sugar pills then you shouldn't have gone directly onto another pack of pills. There should have been 7 days of sugar pills, so that would have been 7 days before going to the new packet of pills. If you did not wait the 7 days of sugar-pill-taking and went onto another packet of pills then your body may have been confused and didn't menstruate. If this is the case then be prepared for some break-through bleeding randomly during your cycle.
I hope things go well for you and you gain enough knowledge so we don't see you back here in a few weeks in fear of a possible pregnancy. If you have any more questions regarding this matter, please feel free to ask me :)
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You are supposed to use an alternate form of birth control for the 1st 3 month while you body acclimates to the adjustment in hormones. Your period can be abnormal during those 3 months. A pregnancy test is most accurate after your period is missed not before because the hormone that the test detects is not always potent enough until then. Sometimes people on birth control will not have a period at all. You will want to talk to your doctor and take another test. It could be just a response to the BC, but there might be a possibility that you are pregnant.
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well with sum ppl after taking the pill it screws up thier cycle but if you are really feraking out about it ask your doctor cuz chances are its normal with that pill
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