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Expert: Norman Solberg - 11/3/2009
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QUESTION: Hi,
My doctor put me on Ortho-Cyclen 28, and told me to start the day of my period. She also told me to not take the inactive pills just to keep taking the pill until your period comes back again and to stp until my period end and then to start back up again when it finished. I started my period October 10 and i took my first pill that day. Exactly two weeks later, on October 23 and 24th I had unprotected sex. Yesterday was my last day of inactive pills and Ill start my new pack today. I havent missed any pills but i dont take them everday at the same time. i usually take one at 630am another at 700am the next day at 745. it never goes past two hours. Am i pregnant? Should I take a test? Please help, thanks
ANSWER: I'm not sure why you think you're pregnant, but I don't see any reason to think so. Since you started the pill the first day of your period, you were protected from that day on. I don't think anyone takes the pill at the exact same time every day. As long as you take it within an hour or two, that's OK. It's when you miss pills that the chances of pregnancy go up. I would keep taking your pills just the way your doctor told you. When you stop the pill for a period, just be sure you're not off the pill more than 7 days, and you'll always be protected. Best wishes.
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QUESTION: Oh okay, thank you (:
I also failed to mention my infertility specialist diagnosed me with p.c.o.s. because I didn't have a period for almost a year and she gave me a medication ( i forgot the name of it) to take for 10 days that would make my period come back, and once it came to start on the birth control that day. My only concern left is, what happens if I don't get my period? I mean, I got my period October 10th and it lasted a week. So, wouldn't my period not come until November 10th or around that time?
ANSWER: Once you're on the pill, that controls when your period comes. If you stop the pill Nov. 8, you'll get a period Nov. 10. If you keep taking the active pills without a break, you may not get a period for a long time. With the pill you can have a period every 28 days, every 2 or 3 months, depending on how long you take the active pills. Whenever you stop, you'll usually get a period.
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QUESTION: Oh okay, So basically I can control when I get my period, all I have to do is stop taking the active pills and it will come? Would it be bad if I wanted to have it every 2 or 3 months instead of every month considering I have pcos?
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The PCOS is sort of put on hold as long as you're taking the pill. It's fine to have a period every 2 or 3 months. Sometimes you may not make it for that long, and the period wants to come. In that case stop the pill for 4-7 days, let it come, then re-start.
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