I am 27 years old. Have been taking the pill on and off for 13 years. I have two kids and those were both planned to the day! I started taking Lo lo estrin 6 months ago. I went to Mexico on Vacation with my husband three weeks ago. When I came home, my birth control pack only had 4 days left on the pack and 2 of which are apparently active pills which I barely found out a couple of days ago. So I decided I didnt need to take what I thought were the inactive pills. I did have intercourse with my husband three days before the pack ended so right in the middle of the white active pills that I did not take. When it was time to start the next pack (three days after intercourse and 5 days after having missed the active pills), I noticed I had actually either run out of pills or misplaced them AND it was a weekend. I thought, no big deal I will just refrain from sex until the new pack is fully in my system. Once Monday came, I realized my period never came which is normal for lo loestrin but i had completely stopped taking the pills. Still, I figured that was normal. While waiting a few days for the birth control pills to be ordered by my doctor, I developed pregnancy symptoms: sore nipples, excessive urinating, and a lot of white non smelling discharge. I once again realized that I also still havent started my period. Again though, I thought, it is just normal hormonal changes from not taking the pill. BUT then I read that I was actually supposed to take those white pills at the end of the pack for they are active pills. So now here I am 11 days since having had what I didnt know was unprotected sex with my husband and still no period and continuous pregnancy symptoms. I took a pregnancy test yesterday which came up negative but I literally have no clue when it would even be appropriate to take a test. Any thoughts on this matter would be so great as I am extremely confused. I would love to start my new birth control pack but not until I know I am not pregnant.
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I am 27 years old. Have been taking the pill on and off for 13 years. I have two kids and those were both planned to the day! I started taking Lo lo estrin 6 months ago. I went to Mexico on Vacation with my husband three weeks ago. When I came home, my birth control pack only had 4 days left on the pack and 2 of which are apparently active pills which I barely found out a couple of days ago. So I decided I didnt need to take what I thought were the inactive pills. I did have intercourse with my husband three days before the pack ended so right in the middle of the white active pills that I did not take. When it was time to start the next pack (three days after intercourse and 5 days after having missed the active pills), I noticed I had actually either run out of pills or misplaced them AND it was a weekend. I thought, no big deal I will just refrain from sex until the new pack is fully in my system. Once Monday came, I realized my period never came which is normal for lo loestrin but i had completely stopped taking the pills. Still, I figured that was normal. While waiting a few days for the birth control pills to be ordered by my doctor, I developed pregnancy symptoms: sore nipples, excessive urinating, and a lot of white non smelling discharge. I once again realized that I also still havent started my period. Again though, I thought, it is just normal hormonal changes from not taking the pill. BUT then I read that I was actually supposed to take those white pills at the end of the pack for they are active pills. So now here I am 11 days since having had what I didnt know was unprotected sex with my husband and still no period and continuous pregnancy symptoms. I took a pregnancy test yesterday which came up negative but I literally have no clue when it would even be appropriate to take a test. Any thoughts on this matter would be so great as I am extremely confused. I would love to start my new birth control pack but not until I know I am not pregnant.
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