Welcome to EmpowHer, and thanks so much for your question.
It sounds like a couple of different things could be going on.
First of all, it is possible to have a little breakthrough bleeding when you miss a pill. Missing a pill interrupts the hormone flow your body gets used to, and interrupting that could deceive your body. (Making it up the next day was the right thing to do.) And finishing the pack is the right thing to do.
Since you have just been taking the birth control for three or four months now, you're still getting used to how the prescription affects your body and your cycle. I think it's very normal. As long as the breakthrough bleeding just happens when you miss a pill, it seems normal. If you have breakthrough bleeding when you don't miss a pill, you may want to check with your doctor to see if a different birth control pill may be better for you.
And yes, it sounds very much to me like the sexual position you were in could have caused not only the pain but perhaps even the bleeding, from irritation or a tear to the vagina. Could this have been possible? I am so sorry you were in such pain. When you are in the position that you described, his penis enters you at a much different angle, and it clearly caused you a lot of discomfort. When it was happening to you, did you not feel you could ask your boyfriend to stop and change positions?
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Hi, Hailz08,
Welcome to EmpowHer, and thanks so much for your question.
It sounds like a couple of different things could be going on.
First of all, it is possible to have a little breakthrough bleeding when you miss a pill. Missing a pill interrupts the hormone flow your body gets used to, and interrupting that could deceive your body. (Making it up the next day was the right thing to do.) And finishing the pack is the right thing to do.
Since you have just been taking the birth control for three or four months now, you're still getting used to how the prescription affects your body and your cycle. I think it's very normal. As long as the breakthrough bleeding just happens when you miss a pill, it seems normal. If you have breakthrough bleeding when you don't miss a pill, you may want to check with your doctor to see if a different birth control pill may be better for you.
And yes, it sounds very much to me like the sexual position you were in could have caused not only the pain but perhaps even the bleeding, from irritation or a tear to the vagina. Could this have been possible? I am so sorry you were in such pain. When you are in the position that you described, his penis enters you at a much different angle, and it clearly caused you a lot of discomfort. When it was happening to you, did you not feel you could ask your boyfriend to stop and change positions?
June 15, 2010 - 9:36amThis Comment
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