Expert: Pat G - 9/9/2010

Question
i had my last periods on july 12th,then had unprotected sex on july 29th after that i dint get my periods done till now.i got my urine pregnancy test 10 days back which was negative.yesterday i took a 200mg mifepristone tab,26 hours passed but still now there is no signs of any bleeding or cramps...pls suggest me

Answer
Hello, apu,

I can see two possibilities. Either you are not pregnant to begin with, or you are too far along for the pills to work. Have you had a positive pregnancy test yet? If you were pregnant, you should have had a positive test 10 days back. But according to your last menstrual period, you would currently be more than 8 weeks pregnant, and by this time, your baby would be making progesterone, so disrupting your body's production of progesterone wouldn't make any difference.

At 8 weeks, you would also have other symptoms. Lack of a period can be due to other things, such as stress (if you are stressed out worrying about pregnancy, that could cause it). Heavy exercise or malnutrition can also cause a woman not to have periods. Malnutrition would include a vegetarian diet. A woman's body needs animal fat to make hormones that regulate her period. The body will make these hormones awhile anyway, but after some time has passed, the body will no longer be capable of making them. You can get animal fat by eating eggs or cheese.

These pills are dangerous. They can kill you. They can also cause birth defects. PLEASE don't use pills like this. If you start bleeding heavily, you will need medical help (I hope you can afford to pay for it, but that's something most people don't think about when they decide they can't afford a baby). You should also make sure and get some red hot peppers into your body. You can have them in food, or as a supplement called Cayenne, which you can get online or in certain stores.

If you are not in a position to accept a baby, you should not have sex. Sex is for making babies. If you are not married, then especially you should not have sex. If you are married, you can learn to tell when you are fertile. You really deserve better than to have your body disrespected by sex outside of marriage, and harmed by an abortion. Talk to your partner. See if he will respect your body and cherish you so that he will protect you from having to consider abortion. He should not be using you as a personal plaything. If he is unwilling to protect you from abortion by making sure you don't get pregnant, you really deserve someone else.

If it turns out you are pregnant, please don't do anything to hurt yourself. Abortion is ALWAYS harmful, without exception. At the very least, it will make you more likely to get breast cancer, and this type of breast cancer kills 1/4 of its victims. You can get this while you are still young. A surgical abortion can harm your future children. Nobody knows what a pill abortion might do to your future children, because they seem to be afraid to find out, and they're not doing studies. Abortion can cause terrible emotional harm. For example, a woman is 8 times more likely to commit suicide after an abortion than if she carried her baby and gave birth. There are many other kinds of emotional harm abortion can cause. The one I have experienced personally is horrible, horrible nightmares. You don't want to go through what I went through. Believe me.

If you need resources or other help, let me know, and let me know what country you are from, and I'll see what I can find for you.

Please take care and stay safe!