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[ex-whatnot893.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if this question is in the right place, but I thought I'd ask it here anyway.

Does birth control force a menstruation even if the person is suspected of being pregnant?

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[lindsey-nichole.livejournal.com]

Some women who aren't on birth control have a period or two when they're pregnant. If you think you're pregnant, and you're having a period - I would say go ahead and take a test. If it comes out negative and you still think you might be pregnant - wait a week or so and take another one.

[nirbhao.livejournal.com]

birth control, even emergency contraceptive, will not affect a pregnancy

[pudgybudgie.livejournal.com]

short answer, no.
long answer: the way hormonal bc pills work is by "fooling" the body into thinking it is pregnant...so you don't ovulate. then on the week of placebo pills, the sudden lack of hormones makes your body shed its lining, creating a period like experience, but not really a "true" period (whatever the hell that means...seems pretty real to me). if you are indeed pregnant, and taking the pill, when you stop taking it for the placebo week, there is no lack of hormones since you are actually pregnant. hence, it does not force a period.
(although i have no idea why some people still have periods when they are pregnant, or why every single brand of bcp i was on made me have a period twice a month, even though i took them perfectly...)

[ex-whatnot893.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for that explanation.

Periods in the middle of a sentance

[ladieophilia.livejournal.com]

from what I remember in sex ed, some women have thier periods when they are pregnant because thier hormonal levels do drop. Wither due to the egg attaching in the filopian tube, or just because it takes a while for the uterus to send the signal. It could also be that the body is very sensitive to hormonal changes, and so just the stightest dip will cause a period. But the periods that pregnant women have is no where near to being like thier normal periods. They are incredibly light. Other wise the body flushes it out (meaning that if the body flushes the egg out, you are no longer pregnant, right?).
As for women having a second period while on birthcontrol, I have heard a couple of theories on that, and in my case this one was true. Your body is ovulating, regardless of bc. I ovulated through the pills, because before bcp, I ovulated two three times a month (running the eggs right out of my basket is why I went on birthcontrol in the first place. I want to have kids later, but I was looking at menopause around 25-30 if I didn't try something to stop ovulation and save the eggs). Unfortunately I needed something more then the levels the pills have, and went on depo for a while. Because of the hormonal change that happens when you ovulate, with the body thinking it is pregnant, can triger a period because the whole system gets really confused. This only happened to me when I was on the pill. Not on depo nor without any hormones. Just the pill.
The problem with the whole thing is that most doctors don't believe that this is true, so they will not allow you on another form of birthcontrol. I got a second opinion (the first also said that weight gain doesn't happen because of bc but because of my laziness...) and the new one listened and allowed me on depo. All went well.

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[ex-whatnot893.livejournal.com]

Out of curiosity, if I may ask, why did you have multiple ovulations occur? Is it something genetic?

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[ladieophilia.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is genetic. People with a high rate of paternal twins (two eggs...) have this genetic possibility. In my case it was that, but not released at the same time. This is rare, and means that I can have twins possibly born weeks from each other. Though that is rarer still because I should release hormones saying no, bcp has shown that might not happen.
My family laso has a history of early menopause (early to mid 30s, being finished my 40). So combine the two, really early menopause is a possibility. I want to have kids, but much later. But if worse comes to worse, I will adopt my first child, instead of having one and adopting the next :)

[caliblackwolf.livejournal.com]

if you are pregnant some say that you can take an entire months worth of bc pills and it will abort the fetus. however THIS IS NOT RECOMENDED. it is better to go to your doctor and discuss options rather than take the chances that 1.)it will not work and you could have a child with major health problems. 2.) it could cause you major health problems or 3.)it might work and you could still have major health problems. this is why we now have the day after pills and stuff of that nature

[(Anonymous)]

Speaking of fooling my body...I am on my second pill of the third week, if I stop taking them this week, will I force my period sooner than next week?