Help please!

[vargeee.livejournal.com]

Hey guys,
I have a slight problem. First I'll give you guys backstory, then I will ask my questions.
Backstory:
I take my active birth control pills (LoEstrin24Fe) everyday with in 1-2 hours of the same time from (7-8am). I've been taking them pretty much religiously (2-3 skipped days one or two purposely skipped periods) for about 3 years. I just took my last active pills on Wednesday (3/20). In the days leading up to AND also Wednesday (3/20) I was having condomless sex with my boyfriend. I usually have him pull out on the days leading up to my inactive pills, but on Wednesday morning he forgot. I peed right after sex took my last active pill and thought nothing of it. We had sex again Friday (3/22) night using a condom. Now it's Sunday (3/24), I start my active pills on Monday (3/25) and I have to get my period. This has never happened before. I normally stop my active pills on a Wednesday and get my period on Thursday/Friday. I have been getting one signs of my period, which is increased irritability and sadness, but no cramps or back ache, which I also normally get. I have a period tracker on my smartphone, it's supposedly telling me that I'm getting my period today (3/24).
Questions:

Should I continue to take my active pills tomorrow (3/25) even if I don't get my period today?
Could I be pregnant?
Should I take a pregnancy test? If so, today? Tomorrow? Should I have already taken one?!

I have been a worried mess since Friday evening and all yesterday. I try not to worry about it because I know intense stress delays my period slightly. But I have been worried none the less. Any insight or advice you guys give me will be ridiculously appreciated! Thank you guys so much in advance!!!

Links Round Up: Week Ending 23 March 2013

[frolicnaked.livejournal.com]

Hey all, and welcome to the latest edition of our Links Round Up!

The LRU is a compilation of items from the past week that may be of interest to VPers and is intended to broaden the kinds of conversations we have here.

To submit articles for next week's round-up, e-mail frolicnaked@vaginapagina.com. If you have additional articles you'd like folks to know about this week, feel free to comment directly to this post.

As a reminder, in lieu of trigger warnings, I use keywords describing the themes of the piece. Please skim these before deciding to read the excerpt or click through for the full article. Outside sources are not safe spaces, and mainstream source's comments should almost always be avoided. The links I highlight don't necessarily reflect VP's views, or even my own, for that matter.

And for those new to VP's parts, a few of our resources: vp_bulletins for local announcements; contact_vp for questions and feedback on the way VP is run; the Vulvapedia for basic questions; and don't forget about our sibling community over on Dreamwidth!

This week's round-up includes: how to talk about sex and relationships with a special needs child, oral herpes, women who shaped America's health, unpacking the phrase "asking for it," and lingerie and power.

( Read more... )

Thoughts on any of these stories? Also, what have you been reading (or writing!) this week?

Opinions on being a participant in an IUS research study

[dancez-vousavec.livejournal.com]

Hey VPers I was wondering if anyone has ever been in a clinical trial for the medical field? My university has a study going on for a new IUS that needs to be tested for effectiveness. I'm a poor college student and if I did this study I would have free birth control and I also get paid for participating in the study. I've researched the device they are testing and read up on other clinical trials involving it. Nothing bad has happened to patients using the device. Does anyone have any opinion on doing it? Is it a good or bad idea? I want to do it, but I feel I hear so many horror stories about clinical trials. My main concern is that if for some reason it fails, and I get pregnant, will the university pay for any related costs.