Question on Pregnancy While on Pill

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Registered: 08-18-2004
Question on Pregnancy While on Pill
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Wed, 08-18-2004 - 9:16am
Hi,

I'm hoping that you can help or just give some thoughts. Here's my situation. I've been on the pill for almost 5 years now. I was supposed to get my period the last week of May but decided to keep taking my pills so I would miss it because I was away. So I ended up getting an extra week of hormones. Now since then I"ve gotten my period three times right on the date they were due but it seems to be getting lighter for example previous to taking the extra week of pills I was getting it from Wed until about Friday afternoon/night. Now in the three cycles since I've been getting it from Wed until Thursday afternoon with some light spotting until friday or so. I've been worrying that I've been pregnant and I took 4 pregnancy tests mid to end of July which would have put me 6 weeks or so past the week I skipped my period so I would have thought if I was pregnant it would show up since it was so far past. I've had many pregnancy symptoms over the past month. To name a few--back aches, slight nausea, moodiness, indigestion (i think--not really sure how to tell) but I'm wondering if I'm making them worse than they are and it's actually just an effect of the pill, although it's never been a problem with me before.

I've never missed my period but I have been wondering if I could be pregnant even though I've had the negative tests, I heard that not everyone will test positive. I spoke with the nurse at my OB/GYN and she basically said it was nothing to worry about since I had the 4 negatives and because of the extra hormones but I guess I need some more reassuring or need to hear someone elses thoughts on this. Should I be calling the doctor back for a blood test or am I just making too much out of it.

Thanks a lot for any help. I really appreciate it.
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Wed, 08-18-2004 - 10:55am
Hi sarar2004, welcome!

As we age things change. My guess is that it's just your body adjusting more to your pills. It's quite common for periods to lighten over time for long time pill users. I think you should be fine. Thanks for posting.

Good luck,

      Jill

    

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Registered: 08-18-2004
Wed, 08-18-2004 - 1:13pm
Thank you for your response. I tend to worry about things til no end. Bad habit of mine. I also had a colposcopy with biopsy around the time this all occurred so maybe it's just the way my body adjusted after that plus the extra hormones from that week of pills I took insted of the inactive ones.

Thanks for writing back, you helped me feel better about it all

Sara