What`s causing this???

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Registered: 06-04-2003
What`s causing this???
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Tue, 08-19-2003 - 4:13am
Hi,



I have been on the pill for about three and a half years, and have been on the same brand for all of that time with no side effects at all ( not even in the first few months). About two months ago I started to get what i assume are side effects from the pill, I have been very tired by the afternoons and i have been feeling very sick ( although only when i wake up in the night)even my boyfriend has commented that my boobs are bigger. I dont think I am pregnant as I have never missed any pills, Although i do take a few a couple of hours late. The other thing is that I have had periods at all the right times,except lighter and shorter(less than a day long) than all the others, but i know that birth contrl can cause this. . I dont really want to go to the doctor as the only thing making me miserable is that i have gained about 5 pounds ( not much I know but you can notice it!).

So really I was hoping to hear from anyone who has had this problem with the pill or has any idea of what may have caused it to happen so suddenly. Also, when I first started feeling this way a friend suggested that I could be pregnant...I have never been pregnant before and although I think its unlikely I was wondering if anyone can tell me if this is a possibility, or can tell me if the things I have said are at all like pregnancy .


thnaks ahead!!!

fernies3

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Registered: 06-24-2003
Tue, 08-19-2003 - 4:26am
The pill is not a 100% guarantee that you're not going to get pg. With the symptoms you've described, I would take a hpt just to make sure.

Erika

Erika

mom to Michael, Allison, Alexander and

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Registered: 06-04-2003
Tue, 08-19-2003 - 4:49am
Thanks for the advice...I forgot to write in my post that the month that these symptoms started i did take a test(as i was confused that my period was short and at the wrong time) but it was negative...

I am a bit naive about these things!!!...so how likely is it that I could be pregnant after a negative test or I suppose how often are the tests wrong??

The things I have described only started in the few weeks after the test.

thanks again.

fernies3