I've had a crazy year, and I wonder if it's catching up to me. My husband deployed in January of this year. In February, figuring I was pretty safe, I decided to give the BC a break since I didn't need it. I figured pumping my body full of hormones when it was unnecessary wouldn't do me any good. I had an odd period the two following months--pretty regular time-wise, but the flow was really off. It evened out until I started my pills up in mid-July, which I figured would be a good time since it would give me a month and a half to two months before my husband's return for the hormones to do their job again.
I should probably mention here that I do an extended plan using Desogen, so my "period" times, or withdrawl bleeding, are pretty much up to me.
I was doing fine until the second weekend in September, when I went on a two-day camping trip with my daughter. It was a pretty hectic trip, and I forgot to take my pill in the morning Saturday and Sunday. I didn't realize until Sunday night, when I immediately took both. However, at the time I had no idea that there were actually directions about what to do with a missed pill in the info from the pharmacy. I just remembered my doctor saying to double up, so I only doubled up once. Then, the next weekend, which was also the weekend before my husband's return, I did the same stupid thing, only I didn't realize it until Monday, because I was so busy getting the house ready. Again I only doubled up on Monday. My husband and I don't use condoms, so the BC was about the only method we were relying on when he got back. We were pretty happy to see each other after eight months, and so we had multiple sexual encounters for the next five or six days. (He got back on Tuesday.) On Saturday of that next weekend, I forgot to take the pill until the evening, and did the same thing on Sunday. On Monday, I took my pill in the morning as usual, but then I started bleeding in the afternoon. I had NOT taken my placebo pills at all since restarting my pack--I was planning on maybe having a period toward the end of October. Instead, I had a period around the 28 Sep - 1 Oct, but I stopped it with my active pills after three days because my usual period lasts 5-7 days and I really wanted to enjoy the last few days off that I had taken for the express purpose of reacquainting with my husband.
Since he's been back, I've had the hardest time remembering to take the pill in the mornings on the weekend, when my schedule's normally a little crazy anyway. Usually I can manage to take the pill after my shower, no matter how late in the morning that is, but I've been remembering in the evenings only lately, which isn't a good time for me to switch to because I'm prone to forgetting night-time rituals. Since I'm on the extended pill plan, AND since I've been loopy about taking the pill since September apparently, is it possible that my breasts being sore, feeling a little sick to my stomach this morning and falling asleep hours earlier than usual for the last few weeks might mean I'm pregnant? I don't have a "withdrawl" bleeding to go by unless you count that one in late September, which was really unusual anyway. My body has been like clockwork since my teens, one reason why I was always happy about taking the monthly-withdrawl bleeding pill, but it was just too inconvenient to my life. Now I feel like my body is out of control, and even though I had a negative HP test this morning, I'm very worried. My hubby and I weren't planning on having any more kids.
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Hi,
I've had a crazy year, and I wonder if it's catching up to me. My husband deployed in January of this year. In February, figuring I was pretty safe, I decided to give the BC a break since I didn't need it. I figured pumping my body full of hormones when it was unnecessary wouldn't do me any good. I had an odd period the two following months--pretty regular time-wise, but the flow was really off. It evened out until I started my pills up in mid-July, which I figured would be a good time since it would give me a month and a half to two months before my husband's return for the hormones to do their job again.
I should probably mention here that I do an extended plan using Desogen, so my "period" times, or withdrawl bleeding, are pretty much up to me.
I was doing fine until the second weekend in September, when I went on a two-day camping trip with my daughter. It was a pretty hectic trip, and I forgot to take my pill in the morning Saturday and Sunday. I didn't realize until Sunday night, when I immediately took both. However, at the time I had no idea that there were actually directions about what to do with a missed pill in the info from the pharmacy. I just remembered my doctor saying to double up, so I only doubled up once. Then, the next weekend, which was also the weekend before my husband's return, I did the same stupid thing, only I didn't realize it until Monday, because I was so busy getting the house ready. Again I only doubled up on Monday. My husband and I don't use condoms, so the BC was about the only method we were relying on when he got back. We were pretty happy to see each other after eight months, and so we had multiple sexual encounters for the next five or six days. (He got back on Tuesday.) On Saturday of that next weekend, I forgot to take the pill until the evening, and did the same thing on Sunday. On Monday, I took my pill in the morning as usual, but then I started bleeding in the afternoon. I had NOT taken my placebo pills at all since restarting my pack--I was planning on maybe having a period toward the end of October. Instead, I had a period around the 28 Sep - 1 Oct, but I stopped it with my active pills after three days because my usual period lasts 5-7 days and I really wanted to enjoy the last few days off that I had taken for the express purpose of reacquainting with my husband.
Since he's been back, I've had the hardest time remembering to take the pill in the mornings on the weekend, when my schedule's normally a little crazy anyway. Usually I can manage to take the pill after my shower, no matter how late in the morning that is, but I've been remembering in the evenings only lately, which isn't a good time for me to switch to because I'm prone to forgetting night-time rituals. Since I'm on the extended pill plan, AND since I've been loopy about taking the pill since September apparently, is it possible that my breasts being sore, feeling a little sick to my stomach this morning and falling asleep hours earlier than usual for the last few weeks might mean I'm pregnant? I don't have a "withdrawl" bleeding to go by unless you count that one in late September, which was really unusual anyway. My body has been like clockwork since my teens, one reason why I was always happy about taking the monthly-withdrawl bleeding pill, but it was just too inconvenient to my life. Now I feel like my body is out of control, and even though I had a negative HP test this morning, I'm very worried. My hubby and I weren't planning on having any more kids.
November 1, 2010 - 10:56amThis Comment
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