Thanks for your question; I see why you are confused with your cycle!
I have re-read your situation several times, and I actually can not "find" a way in which you would be pregnant. Your last period was around August 20th (albeit the timing was off, due to missed pills, which is normal), and you have not had a period since this time. You have not missed any pills since your "early" period, so would be considered as having protected intercourse.
The only way I could figure that you would have increased your chance for pregnancy is after you missed the pills and doubled-up in mid-August...did you use a condom for the following 7 days as instructed by your prescription?
However, since this is now mid-October, any possible pregnancy that occurred in mid-to-late August would be detected on a home pregnancy test. I would stop taking them, as they are stressful!
If you have used the pills "perfectly"...consistently and correctly each time for the past two months, then your chances of pregnancy are extremely low...less than 1%. (The pill is not 100% effective at preventing pregnancy...but is pretty close).
Did you not have a menstrual period at all in September? Or in October (yet?). As you said, many things can cause a late or missed period, but you sound like you have been protected from pregnancy to the best of pills' effectiveness. Have you spoken with your doctor that it has been approximately 52 days since your last period? This may "count" as only one missed period, as some women have extremely long cycles (35-40 days between periods), and this can be very normal.
Get a good night's sleep tonight! Trust in your test results (they are 99% accurate at detecting any "pregnancy hormone"...if they are coming up negative, you can depend on the results that there is not a pregnancy causing missed periods), and best of luck with your tubal ligation next week!
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Thanks for your question; I see why you are confused with your cycle!
I have re-read your situation several times, and I actually can not "find" a way in which you would be pregnant. Your last period was around August 20th (albeit the timing was off, due to missed pills, which is normal), and you have not had a period since this time. You have not missed any pills since your "early" period, so would be considered as having protected intercourse.
The only way I could figure that you would have increased your chance for pregnancy is after you missed the pills and doubled-up in mid-August...did you use a condom for the following 7 days as instructed by your prescription?
However, since this is now mid-October, any possible pregnancy that occurred in mid-to-late August would be detected on a home pregnancy test. I would stop taking them, as they are stressful!
If you have used the pills "perfectly"...consistently and correctly each time for the past two months, then your chances of pregnancy are extremely low...less than 1%. (The pill is not 100% effective at preventing pregnancy...but is pretty close).
Did you not have a menstrual period at all in September? Or in October (yet?). As you said, many things can cause a late or missed period, but you sound like you have been protected from pregnancy to the best of pills' effectiveness. Have you spoken with your doctor that it has been approximately 52 days since your last period? This may "count" as only one missed period, as some women have extremely long cycles (35-40 days between periods), and this can be very normal.
Get a good night's sleep tonight! Trust in your test results (they are 99% accurate at detecting any "pregnancy hormone"...if they are coming up negative, you can depend on the results that there is not a pregnancy causing missed periods), and best of luck with your tubal ligation next week!
October 11, 2009 - 7:32pmThis Comment
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