Stress + hormonal bc = first pregnancy scare?

[coruscatus.livejournal.com]

Can stress have the same effect on a period when one is on birth control that it can have when one is not? (Delaying or stopping it, I mean.)

I've been on Yaz for six months, and my period has been coming like clockwork the morning of the day after the second placebo, but here I am, the day after the third placebo, and it has not arrived. Could this be because I've been pretty stressed lately? Should I be worried about possible pregnancy just yet? (My significant other and I use only my hormonal bc for protection. I haven't even had any scares in the past, and I'm good about taking my pill at exactly the same time every night, though this month I was four hours late on one pill and two hours late on another...)

I suppose if it doesn't come by tomorrow (the day after the fourth and last placebo), I should go and buy a pregnancy test?

Comments

[jocelina.livejournal.com]

Sometimes periods on hormonal birth control can be super-light, or even nonexistent -- one of the ways HBC works is by thinning the uterine lining, and sometimes there's just not much there to shed.

Since you've been taking your pills correctly and more or less consistently, I would say it's unlikely that you're pregnant, but taking a test is a good way of making sure. :)

[lougolas.livejournal.com]

It seems unlikely that you're pregnant. I feel that stress can delay my period despite being on the pill, although I've never seen anything to back that up. I've also not bled at all on my off-week, which freaked me out and I ended up taking a test to put my mind at ease, although the information leaflet that came in the pack with my pills said missing a period can happen. So I wouldn't worry too much about it but if you don't mind paying for a test, it's useful just for the peace of mind it'll give.