No, you could not be pregnant. You started bleeding because you stopped taking the birth control pills after taking them for four days.
Combination oral contraceptive pills contain a synthetic form of estrogen and progestin, which are female hormones that are naturally produced by the ovaries.
These synthetic hormones stabilize a woman's natural hormone levels, and prevent estrogen from peaking mid-cycle. Without the estrogen bump, the pituitary gland does not release other hormones that normally cause the ovaries to release mature eggs.
Synthetic progestin stops the pituitary gland from producing luteinizing hormone and prevents release of a mature egg. It makes the uterine lining inhospitable to a fertilized egg.
So, by stopping the pills, you tricked your body into having a period.
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Hello abeikmann,
No, you could not be pregnant. You started bleeding because you stopped taking the birth control pills after taking them for four days.
Combination oral contraceptive pills contain a synthetic form of estrogen and progestin, which are female hormones that are naturally produced by the ovaries.
These synthetic hormones stabilize a woman's natural hormone levels, and prevent estrogen from peaking mid-cycle. Without the estrogen bump, the pituitary gland does not release other hormones that normally cause the ovaries to release mature eggs.
Synthetic progestin stops the pituitary gland from producing luteinizing hormone and prevents release of a mature egg. It makes the uterine lining inhospitable to a fertilized egg.
So, by stopping the pills, you tricked your body into having a period.
Maryann
July 9, 2012 - 4:08pmThis Comment
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