Am I safe? Could I get pregnant???
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| Mon, 04-03-2006 - 2:42pm |
Ok, this is long and I think ridiculous!!!
I went into the doctor (just a regular gp doc) with some SERIOUS swelling of my abdomen....it looked as if I was 6-7 months pregnant. He examed me, and felt around and even did a pelvic....he told me that he thought that I had PID and that *it* went into my liver....he did liver functioning tests and put me on all types of medications for it....the next day I started to bleed as if I was on my period....but knew it couldn't be because I just ended that the week before. I called him back and he told me that he wanted me to stop my birth control pills (I am on Ortho tri-cyclen) and to start a new pack....but instead of 1 a day....4 a day, 6 hours apart....and that should stop my bleeding and the cramping that I was having. Well, I started doing some reading on PID....and the infection to the liver....and that's from CLYMIDIA!!!! I do not have that, nor ever had that. I called him back and asked if there was any cultures taken...and he said yes, but everything looked fine....and took me off one of the antibiotics..but left me on the other one, the bc pills, and the pill for being neauseous......I decided to call my GYN and he told me to get in and see him....well, there is no PID....no STD, he can't find anything wrong but the pain that I am having and the bleeding. He then told me that the 4 pills of ortho tri-cyclen was AWFUL...that it's sending my hormones into a mess...that if he wanted to stop my bleeding that they needed to be all one strength and not multi strength.....he then took me off ALL hormone pills all together for a week (he told me that the bleeding would stop in 24-48 hours...it did, but now it's back...only spotting now, a day after it stopped). My husband and I aren't sure if we are at risk for getting pregnant now with all this mess going one. I know that antibiotics can reduce the effectivness....and the fact that I am off of them for now...does that matter?? Also, what about those 2 days that I took them every six hours. I feel like my head is going to explode.......we want a child....but not at this moment, heck not for another few years!!!
Heather

Hi wrknoutnmbr2, welcome!
Golly Heather... I'm sorry you are having such a bad time hon! Taking multiple BCPs in a single day can cause bleeding due to hormonal fluctuations and if you then stopped taking them (causing more fluctuations) you should get your period again. Once you are off hormones for a few days I think your cycle should reset. As you said antibiotics can decrease the effectiveness of BCPs for some women so it is impossible to know what your risk of an unintended pregnancy is right now. If I were you I'd be using another effective method of contraception as back-up until you and your doctor can sort out where you are.
If you are concerned about an unintended pregnancy you could ask your doctor about emergency contraception (which is very effective if taken within the first 72 hours after the intercourse of concern) but with your other problems s/he may not want you taking that right now. For more about EC, see: http://ec.princeton.edu/ .
Thanks for coming by. If you have more questions please ask. Let us know how you're doing, ok?
Good luck,
Jill
GP docs should not play with birth control pills (unless they really really know what they're doing)!