It is possible that your period is late because your normal menstrual cycle was disrupted by missing one week of the active birth control pills.
Most birth control pills contain synthetic forms of two female hormones: estrogen and progestin. The hormones in the pill work by keeping a woman's ovaries from ovulating. They also thickening a woman's cervical mucus and thin the lining of the uterus.
So, by skipping one week, you pushed your cycle back by one week. Your period may start around June 27.
Having unprotected sex during the week following your last period poses a very slight risk, if any, for becoming pregnant.
If you do not get your period by July 4 or 5, then take a home pregnancy test.
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Hello Anonymous,
It is possible that your period is late because your normal menstrual cycle was disrupted by missing one week of the active birth control pills.
Most birth control pills contain synthetic forms of two female hormones: estrogen and progestin. The hormones in the pill work by keeping a woman's ovaries from ovulating. They also thickening a woman's cervical mucus and thin the lining of the uterus.
So, by skipping one week, you pushed your cycle back by one week. Your period may start around June 27.
Having unprotected sex during the week following your last period poses a very slight risk, if any, for becoming pregnant.
If you do not get your period by July 4 or 5, then take a home pregnancy test.
Maryann
June 25, 2012 - 4:43pmThis Comment
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