can someone please give me advice?
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can someone please give me advice?
| Thu, 10-28-2004 - 2:33pm |
i posted somewhere else on the board but i have a question. Me and my husband are not financially stable and i am trying to go to school. well my last period ended on sept. 18 and me and my dh had sex on oct. 4. He did the big no and the only thing that i knew was the emergency contraceptive pill. It says that if it already was fertilized that the pill would not effect it. I got the ecp at 50 something hours and your not suppose to take it past 72 hours. one of the side effects is bleeding and i did that the following week. My question is: I have been having preg symptoms for the past 2 weeks and I was wondering if that bleeding ment that my whole cycle is messed up and i have to wait till next month or if it is okay to test this month because i have no reg. period. Any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks.

In my opinion, if you bled, you`re probably not pregnant - extended bleeding much beyond spotting generally isn`t a sign of pregnancy.
As for a pregnancy test, the absolute earliest that a positive may show up on a home test is two weeks from the day of possible fertilization. If you`re still concerned about pregnancy at that point, take a test and again a few weeks later.
Also, if you really, really don`t want a child at this point, you should look into getting a regular method of birth control - the pill, the patch, the ring, the shot. There are many, many options available to you so you don`t have scares like this in the future. There are Planned Parenthood clinics and Health Departments all over the country that operate on a sliding scale - the amount you pay is based on your income. If you are as finally strapped as you say, you could probably get a regular birth control method for free - and they are always handing out free condoms by the bag, too!
Hope this helps,
Lena
Edited 10/28/2004 2:48 pm ET ET by clannanceilidh
I agree with Lena, it would have been much better if you had taken the EC as directed. You need to be on an effective form of contraception. Your local public health or Planned Parenthood clinic can provide inexpensive and effective contraceptive pills and devices.
One of the possible side effects of EC is delaying your period so that might be what's going on. If the encounter you are concerned about occurred on 10/4 then it's not too soon to test. I hope you get the result you want. Let us know how you're doing, ok?
Hugs,
Jill