Pregnant while on the pill?

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Registered: 04-18-2003
Pregnant while on the pill?
Wed, 11-12-2003 - 11:22am
I've been on birth control pills for about 5 years. Sometimes I'd miss a month (like when I lost my job and couldn't afford them), but I'd get right back on. I wasn't sexually active at the time. I've been taking them religiously since February.

Anyway, my Fiance and I intended to wait until our wedding night to have sex, but we gave in last month. Because of the pill, I've never had really bad PMS or cramps or anything. I'm supposed to start my period today or tomorrow, and I've had really bad cramps and slight nausea since Sunday - which isn't normal for me the week before my period. I've also been excessively thirsty. I keep 2 32 oz. bottles of water on my desk and it usually takes me until supper time to drink them - today they were both gone by about 10.

Another factor, though - my dr. just put me on low dosage estrogen to take the week I'm taking my sugar pills because I usually have a headache the day before my period. I've had a headache every day this week. Could the headaches, cramps, nausea and thirst be side effects of the estrogen and not a pregnancy scare?