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emergency contraception and now what happens?!
ok so i took emergency contraception like a week and a half ago...after 5 days of taking it my period came ...but heres the thing....
i first got my period on february 7th until february 12th ...on february 12th i had sex...and on february 16th i got a condom slip...so i was scared and eventho i know probably ovulation havent occured by that time,,,i took emergency contraception on the 16th.. after around 5 days..i got my period again ! i know this pill can cause your period to be early...so i had it and ended on february 24th....then on the 25 the period ended apparently i had no bleeding etc...BUT on the 26th (yesterday) i had sex and i started bleeding ! i dont know if this is realted to the fact ive had sex about 8 times and i just lost my virginity about 2 weeks ago ..so i dont know if this bleeding could be caused by maybe he didnt broke my hymen the first times? i must admit it stopped hurting..sex..and yesterday it hurt again, alot and i was bleeding ..but looked like a period bleeding cause it was quiet alot ! but it stopped it was only for a little while....
should i be worrying about possible pregnancy? since i just ended my "fake period" induced by emergency contraception...and is it normal that people bleed after sex when they just recently started having sex? i must say the first time i had sex i didnt bleed at all...and also the next ones..but until now the 8th time i bled :S not like a loooot but it was quiet alot i thought i was getting my period again or something ...after being off from it for 1 day..
please im very confused any advice would be good, im starting oral contraception but not until i get my next period :S
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Wow. Okay, so there's a lot of complex things going on here, and this is a hard time line to follow. I also don't know entirely what you mean by this, "on february 12th i had sex...and on february 16th i got a condom slip...so i was scared and eventho i know probably ovulation havent occured by that time,,,i took emergency contraception on the 16th.. after around 5 days."
So I'm just going to give you some facts:
If you take emergency contraception, you need to take it ASAP. If you wait longer than three days after sex, then there is no point in taking it at all. It doesn't induce an abortion, it will only prevent a pregnancy. Taking it within 24 hours is best. Taking it in three days is a last-ditch effort that still might work.
Once an egg is fertilized, then it has to implant itself in the uterus. That is when a woman becomes pregnant. The emergency pill is a high-packed BC pill which will prevent the implantation from taking place, if indeed there is a fertilized egg there at all. It will also prevent you from ovulating-- if you haven't already ovulated.
The window of time from when sex occurrs to a pregnancy beginning is about three days. Sperm can live that long in your body and if you ovulate within that time, then your egg can get fertilized. Waiting longer than three days won't do anything to prevent anything. You either didn't get pregnant and you're pumping your body full of hormones, which can affect your period that month, OR you're already pregnant and nothing will happen.
If you had your period after having sex, then you're not pregnant. If you're bleeding while having sex, you need to get yourself examined. It's not healthy for that to happen, and it indicates something might be wrong. You may have an STD. Symptoms of chlamydia, for example, show up around 1-3 weeks after initial exposure, and one of the symptoms is bleeding during sex. Stop having sex until you see a doctor and get tested. Condoms don't always work, and it does sound like you had a slip-up.
If you're worried about pregnancy, ask them to test you at the doctor's for that as well, and you can kill two birds with one stone. Make sure you discuss your birth control method with your doctor, too. He or she can guide you in making safe and reliable choices.
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