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

[queensugar.livejournal.com]

For many women on HBC, the brown old-blood discharge essentially is a period. I know when I was on HBC, all of my periods were extremely light (about 36 hours long) and almost exclusively brown old blood.

Furthermore, since your cycle was probably thrown a bit out of whack by the Plan B and then again by starting HBC, it's perfectly reasonable that you're not bleeding now.

While HBC is effective against pregnancy after seven days of appropriate use, it can take up to three months for your body to sync up to the pill's bleeding schedule.

But yes, you should always start your next pack of HBC on time. Extending your placebo week beyond seven days can compromise your protection and put you at risk for pregnancy.

[queensugar.livejournal.com]

By the by, for more information on EC and HBC, you can check out our FAQs:

Big HBC FAQ:

http://community.livejournal.com/vaginapagina/7325155.html

Big EC FAQ:

http://community.livejournal.com/vaginapagina/7466955.html

A lot of the information in there may explain why you didn't experience a full bleed this month.