Late period

[xoxobaby88.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone,



So I am on the birth control Junel, this month will mark my one year anniversary for taking the pill. Ironically this also the only month in which I have missed two pills, (if I missed any at all it would have been just by a few hours). However the next day I doubled up. I take my pills at night, and me and my boyfriend had sex in the morning before taking them, he always pulls out though. As of right now, I'm 2 days late, but I have back pains right now and the mood swings, etc the week before like I usually do. However not getting my period is scaring me, is doubling up on my pills causing my cycle to be late?

Comments

[sterek.livejournal.com]

So you took more than 21 active pills?

[xoxobaby88.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have taken all my pills. I am on my sugar pills now, according to the app on my phone. I should of started Thursday.

[sterek.livejournal.com]

I'm asking if you took more than 21, because in the post you stated that you only missed them by a couple of hours(which sounds like you took them) and then doubled up the next day(which sounds like you took an extra pill).

And if the case is you took more than 21 active pills then it's possible your body is taking a little while to notice the drop in hormones and start your withdrawal bleeding.

[xoxobaby88.livejournal.com]

Sorry, it does sound confusing. The first week of my pack I missed a pill and took it the next day as soon as I remembered, as well as taking my pill for that day. Then in the 3rd week of my pill the same thing happened and I took the pill as soon as I remembered and my pill for that day. So I never took an extra pill just doubled up because I missed a pill the previous day.

[sterek.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. Then really you should be okay, and you might just be late due to stressing, or as nickelshoe has said below your lining might be too thin to shed.

[xoxobaby88.livejournal.com]

Right, thanks again for your help :)

[nickelshoe.livejournal.com]

I think the OP's parenthetical was meant to indicate that prior to this month they'd only ever taken pills a few hours late.

[sterek.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. Thanks :)

[sweetchild92.livejournal.com]

There's no day you "should" start when you're on HBC. Anytime within the placebo week is considered "on time" :)

[nickelshoe.livejournal.com]

Doubling up shouldn't make your bleed come later, but it could just randomly be coming later. It's also possible to skip a bleed entirely. Your pill thins your uterine lining, which can make it to where there's not enough in there for you to actually bleed on your off week.

Missing two pills does take you below "perfect use," but if you made them up, you do still have a reasonable amount of protection. The chances of you ovulating are not especially high. If you are sure that your boyfriend pulled out in plenty of time, there shouldn't be any sperm to fertilize the egg that probably isn't there anyway.

If you miss your bleed, you might feel better if you take a pregnancy test. Pregnancy tests usually tell you they are accurate after your missed period, but that is assuming that you have a regular cycle and aren't on birth control. Since you are on birth control, you could get an accurate positive as early as 10 days after sex, but it might take up to 19 days. After 19 days, you can be pretty confident in a negative result.

[xoxobaby88.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, this helps!!

[craftacular.livejournal.com]

I am on this and in the 20 years I have been taking b.c. this one sucks the most. I even tried the Nueva ring but it is like a frigging glow bracelet and I can't wrestle it around my cervix.

[craftacular.livejournal.com]

I should of said that these are super sensitive and are not forgiving at all, if you take them later or whatever. I start bleeding like crazy.