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Abnormal Period... Should I Be Concerned
My last period came at the end of March during the week of spring break at my college. A few days after my period came my boyfriend, who lives out of state, and I made love a few times. I started dating him two years ago, and we made the decision since the first one or two times the two of us became intimate to not use condoms which resulted in us using the withdrawal method. At 22 (I lost my virginity at 18 going on 19) and almost 24 (he lost his when at age 17) you would think we would make better choices when it comes to sex but sadly we don't.
The other day I experienced very abnormal symptoms for my body. I believe that I started spotting because the toilet paper started to tell me that faint traces of my blood came out of my uterus (too much information I know). At the time I thought it strange because my period never starts out light. My first days of menstruation always tend to be heavy and very bloody, I actually get nauseous if I do not take two naproxen sodium. However towards the end of my cycle, my period starts to thin out and becomes almost nonexistent.
Should I be concerned about this? Could it be a pregnancy symptom? I'm trying to tell myself that it's probably stress from the last few weeks of the semester. As a third semester college student trying to transfer from a community college to an ivy league school as an accounting major, I get anxious about the effects that my grades will have on my future. I took three tests this week, and found out that I will not be exempt from the statistics final because I got questions wrong that I knew the answers to resulting in a 170/200 (an 85%, otherwise known as a B). Next week I have four papers due, a performance and a creative writing assignment for my English class (both things are due on Tuesday), a one page summary on an article for my phys ed class (due on Friday), and a 6-10 page paper due for my Western Civ II class (on Thursday). None of which I worked on yet, since I was too concerned about my tests. I also want this semester to end with a 4.0 GPA that I really worked for. Due to the death of my paternal grandmother in February completing my work has been difficult for me I currently lack all motivation. However I drag myself through this semester because I know it's what she would want for me, she was so proud of my success in college. Not only that but I committed myself to completing college and earning a highest recognition honors associates degree and bachelors degree from a well-known university.
I really do not want to have a baby yet. Due to the goals we have set for ourselves, neither my boyfriend or myself are ready to have children.
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You could possibly be pregnant because the pull out method isn't exactly a method. I don't really want to go into detail but just because he didn't ejaculate in you, doesn't mean that sperm did not go inside you. Every man has lubricant, and they don't feel it but it has sperm in it and that's why girls get pregnant because they don't realize that pulling out doesn't work.
Stress does affect your period though. I would just take a pregnancy test.
From now on, better start using birth control and condoms.
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You should take a home pregnancy test if for no other reason then to put your mind at ease. The home pregnancy test are fairly accurate.
You write that you are under a lot of stress at this time. Stress can and will upset a woman's cycle. If stress is the cause of the problem your cycle will return to normal when your stress is relieved.
As for using the pull out method of birth control. This is the least effective form of birth control. Are you aware that the male emits a small amount of fluid during sex that acts as a lubricant. This fluid is seminal fluid and contains semen. The male is unaware that he is emitting this while having intercourse as it is not like an ejaculation. There is enough semen in this fluid to make you pregnant.
A condom is 85% effective in preventing pregnancy when worn correctly. Condoms also block the transmission of many STDS and the HIV/AIDS virus. When you have unprotected sex with someone you are having sex with everyone they have had unprotected sex within the pas. You are also playing Russian Roulette with a fully loaded revolver when it comes to avoiding pregnancy.
You should at the very least consider being on birth control yourself. At the very least this will help regulate your periods even during times of stress. I would also suggest you reconsider condom usage until you and your boyfriend are absolutely in a long term monogamous relationship together, not apart.
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abnormal periods are totally normal. If i weee you i would take a pregnancy test though just to make sure that is.not the case.
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