Did I do the right thing?!?!

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-06-2005
Did I do the right thing?!?!
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Tue, 03-21-2006 - 9:16pm
I'm not sure if I messed myself up.

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-30-2003
Tue, 03-21-2006 - 9:51pm

Hi Heather, welcome back!

Ideally, you should wait until you know you are having your period or take a pregnancy test to be sure you aren't pg before starting hormonal contraceptives. However, under the circumstances, because your periods have been light and erratic, I think you probably did the right thing. If AF doesn't arrive at the end of the first pack you could test to see where you are. I don't think there is any meaningful evidence that taking BCPs during early pregnancy will harm the fetus and you could stop right away if you did test positive.

Thanks for posting. Please ask if you have more questions. Let us know how you're doing, ok?

Good luck,

      Jill