late period

[yankeechic87.livejournal.com]

ok so my last period was in the beginning of june.
in the beginning of july i had sex and the condom fell off. the next day i took Plan B and the day after that as instructed by planned parenthood i began birth control pills (estrostep) which obviously made me skip my july period.

the problem is that tomorrow is my last day of placebo pills and i have not gotten my period this week like i was supposed to. last week i had some spotting and brown discharge. i took a pregnancy test on monday which came back negative.

my question is...should i start my next pack of birth control on friday even though i did not get my period? i have been really stressed and this was my first time ever taking birth control so i dont know if that has caused my missed period.

im really scared that im pregnant but i want to stop freaking out so much. i just want to know if it is safe for me to start my next pack without having gotten my period this month.

Comments

[stripypants.livejournal.com]

I think generally it's not a good idea to skip the placebos long-term, though.

[queensugar.livejournal.com]

That really depends on the person. Not all women can do long-term skipping successfully; however, to my knowledge no conclusive evidence exists to show that long-term skipping is dangerous.

In fact, doctors often recommend continuous HBC use (never having periods) to women suffering from endometriosis or other disorders that cause extremely difficult periods; and there's a new kind of HBC in the works that's marketed as being used to stop all periods. You can read about it in a very interesting article here (http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/health/article.jsp?content=20051213_117621_117621).

Of course, many women aren't comfortable with that idea (which is totally their right), and there's certainly the possibility that there are problems with long-term skipping that we're not aware of yet. But that's a start, anyway. :)

[yankeechic87.livejournal.com]

thanks so much! thats comforting.
im just nervous bc i really thought that by starting the BC i would DEFINITELY get my period this month. its freaking me out that it never came.