As of today, I am now 10 days late, and still have absolutely no sign of my period coming. After going back over my notes (I have recently started charting everything in my cycle for the past couple of months), I also note that I was on a short course of prednisone in November, which from what I have read can throw some women's cycles slightly off-track... my December period was also considerably lighter and of shorter duration than normal for me, which leads me to believe it was the prednisone playing up.
As for the mini-pill, there was a few days when the pill was taken outside of the specified timeframe, the latest being 12hrs late during December, so there is every possibility that I did ovulate at the "required" time, resulting in mid-cycle bleeding. I have been on the mini-pill this time around for approx. 8mths, and during this time, I have never experienced any abnormal bleeding or spotting before.
The doxycycline taken in December was only taken for a mild case of tonsilitis due to my allergy to penicillins, so I don't think that would have placed any undue stress on my body. Additionally, there has been no other emotional, psychological or other stresses during this time... so I'm still trying to figure out the cause for this tardiness, although not stressing over it lol!
The only thing I do note is that I do have some symptoms of pregnancy that have been happening over the past 2-3 weeks, the worst being excessive fatigue, headaches, nausea and tingling breasts - but I am aware these are also common during PMS or illness (although I generally do not have these symptoms of PMS) - so who knows, only a test will give me a definitive answer!
I've decided to wait until I am 2 weeks late (if I get there!) to take another HPT, and will probably consult a doctor at this stage too, regardless of the results, just to get a full check-over to make sure everything is ok.
Thanks very much for your help, and I will keep you updated as soon as events unfold!
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Hi Diane,
Thank you for responding to my question.
As of today, I am now 10 days late, and still have absolutely no sign of my period coming. After going back over my notes (I have recently started charting everything in my cycle for the past couple of months), I also note that I was on a short course of prednisone in November, which from what I have read can throw some women's cycles slightly off-track... my December period was also considerably lighter and of shorter duration than normal for me, which leads me to believe it was the prednisone playing up.
As for the mini-pill, there was a few days when the pill was taken outside of the specified timeframe, the latest being 12hrs late during December, so there is every possibility that I did ovulate at the "required" time, resulting in mid-cycle bleeding. I have been on the mini-pill this time around for approx. 8mths, and during this time, I have never experienced any abnormal bleeding or spotting before.
The doxycycline taken in December was only taken for a mild case of tonsilitis due to my allergy to penicillins, so I don't think that would have placed any undue stress on my body. Additionally, there has been no other emotional, psychological or other stresses during this time... so I'm still trying to figure out the cause for this tardiness, although not stressing over it lol!
The only thing I do note is that I do have some symptoms of pregnancy that have been happening over the past 2-3 weeks, the worst being excessive fatigue, headaches, nausea and tingling breasts - but I am aware these are also common during PMS or illness (although I generally do not have these symptoms of PMS) - so who knows, only a test will give me a definitive answer!
I've decided to wait until I am 2 weeks late (if I get there!) to take another HPT, and will probably consult a doctor at this stage too, regardless of the results, just to get a full check-over to make sure everything is ok.
Thanks very much for your help, and I will keep you updated as soon as events unfold!
January 12, 2010 - 8:19amThis Comment
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