Hi,
Plan B can cause irregularity to your menstrual cycle, either by delaying a "period" or causing it to start early. It can also cause "breakthrough bleeding", which is essentially any bleeding that occurs in-between periods.
However....since you are on the pill, you do not actually have "periods". The bleeding that occurs during your inactive ("sugar") pills is actually called withdrawal bleeding...since your body is withdrawing from the hormones for that week.
A sign of pregnancy would be the absence of bleeding, not irregular bleeding. If you are taking your birth control consistently and correctly, then you are 98% protected from pregnancy. Using condoms is just a "bonus" for preventing pregnancy, and a great idea to use to help prevent the spread of STDs (sexually transmitted diseases). Great job on choosing to have safer sex!!
Taking Plan B is also not needed when you are using hormonal contraception, as Plan B is just more of that same hormonal contraception (again..as long as you are taking your pill exactly as instructed).
Do you know why the condom keeps breaking? There are specific reasons that condoms break, most (if not all) due to user error (and are easily fixable!). One reason is that there was no room left at the tip for the semen to collect. Make sure your boyfriend puts on the condom while leaving some room at the tip. Also, using a lubricant (such as KY Jelly, Astroglide or others) on the outside of the condom will help to prevent breakage.
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Hi,
Plan B can cause irregularity to your menstrual cycle, either by delaying a "period" or causing it to start early. It can also cause "breakthrough bleeding", which is essentially any bleeding that occurs in-between periods.
However....since you are on the pill, you do not actually have "periods". The bleeding that occurs during your inactive ("sugar") pills is actually called withdrawal bleeding...since your body is withdrawing from the hormones for that week.
A sign of pregnancy would be the absence of bleeding, not irregular bleeding. If you are taking your birth control consistently and correctly, then you are 98% protected from pregnancy. Using condoms is just a "bonus" for preventing pregnancy, and a great idea to use to help prevent the spread of STDs (sexually transmitted diseases). Great job on choosing to have safer sex!!
Taking Plan B is also not needed when you are using hormonal contraception, as Plan B is just more of that same hormonal contraception (again..as long as you are taking your pill exactly as instructed).
Do you know why the condom keeps breaking? There are specific reasons that condoms break, most (if not all) due to user error (and are easily fixable!). One reason is that there was no room left at the tip for the semen to collect. Make sure your boyfriend puts on the condom while leaving some room at the tip. Also, using a lubricant (such as KY Jelly, Astroglide or others) on the outside of the condom will help to prevent breakage.
May 13, 2010 - 8:16pmThis Comment
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