imeowface.livejournal.comHey everyone, I'm in need of some serious advice. I was on the Nuva Ring for 3 years, and everything was fine. My periods were always on time and lite. I never had any side effects. But I suppose all good things must come to an end, or something. In February of this year, my trusty Nuva Ring failed me big time. I got pregnant; my first pregnancy. I wasn't taking any medications that interfere with BC, etc. I know better. I've been on some form of BC since I was 16, and I'm 23 now. Anyway, I didn't know that I was pregnant. I was super busy, stressed, had *what I thought was* the flu, and failed to realize that I had completely missed a period when I took the ring out. Then, like clockwork, I put a new ring in, still not realizing I missed my period. About two weeks later, I had a miscarriage. That was when I found out I had been pregnant for 6 weeks. My doctor said I had a miscarriage because the Nuva Ring made the lining of my uterus too weak to support a fetus.
Well now my body is all messed up. My doctor put me on a BC pill called FemconFe that I have been taking since a week after the miscarriage. I continuously bled for about 3 weeks after the miscarriage. Then I started a new pack of pills, had a normal period, and everything seemed to be fine. Until this week...
Now I am feeling some of the same "symptoms" that I did when I got pregnant. I haven't missed any pills, and I take it at the same time every morning, not on any meds, etc. But because of what happened two months ago, I'm paranoid that BC has failed me again. Right now, I'm always tired; I have to pee about every hour or so; my breasts feel swollen; I'm super moody, which isn't normally a characteristic of me, even during PMS time; and I've been spotting all week, a variance between bright red and dark brown blood, always very lite; also, I'm always nauseous but I don't vomit. I generally just feel lousy, and all of this is exactly how I felt a couple of months ago when I was pregnant.
Does this mean I might be pregnant again? And if so, should I stop taking the BC? I have read mixed articles about this topic. Some say that BC has no effect on a fetus in early pregnancy while others say there's a direct link. I'm so confused! I do *not* want to go through another miscarriage. My boyfriend thinks that I'm just paranoid, but I'm not so certain. I sorta *feel* pregnant, if that makes any sense. I still have one more week of active pills left, and then my period is supposed to start. Should I just keep taking the pills, go about life as normal, and wait to see if I get my period? Or should I stop taking the pills as a precaution? If I am pregnant, I want to keep the baby and be as healthy as possible, so it's really important to me that I do the right thing. Problem is that I'm not sure what is the right thing to do in this situation. I know that early home pregnancy tests aren't accurate until 2-4 days before a missed period, and I'm still over a week away. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.