a wee bit worried.

[childofireland.livejournal.com]

Hi, i'm new :)

At 17, my cycles are still not perfect clockwork, but today is the day i should be starting and i have not. I have been sick with a baddd cold (fever, cold, cough, headaches, on medication for it), have been WICKED stressed with school and the idea that i may be pregnant. Also, i just had a pre-exposure vaccination, but the side-effects did not list possible menstrual up-set. Is it possible that (because of illness + stress) that my period is just late? I did see some things in the memories about stress, so i'm going to assume that's it, but with the cold also effect my cycles?

(Note: I had unprotected sex about a week ago, so the possibility for pregnancy is there; i'm not one of those 'could i be pregnant even though i never had sex!?' people ;)

Thank you in advance :)

Kinda worried...

[operashmopera.livejournal.com]

Okay. So, I have been REDICULOUSLY stressed/paranoid this month about becoming pregnant. There is absolutely no real reason. I have been on the NuvaRing since May, and I was on the patch for 2 months before that. I am inredibly faithful to the ring. It's never been out for long, never been in/out late or anything. PERFECT USE. However, I have been putting myself through HELL about the 1% chance, blah, blah, blah. (A lot of it has to do with my SUPER RELIOUS-CONSERVATIVE parents.) So, I've been convincing myself that I have symptoms, but I know I don't. I'm constipated and gassy (sorry if tmi) and am getting headaches, but also can't remember the last time I drank a decent amount of water.
Well...my period ended up coming on the Friday before the Sunday I was supposed to take it out! It started with just some brown sludge (scared the life out of me, thinking it was implantation bleeding) but that same day it got SOOOOO incredibly heavy with a lot of clotting. This lasted until about Thursday, with some watery spotting/ending on Friday.
Now, usually my period comes the Wednesday after I remove my ring...it came 5 days EARLY! WTF?!? How is this possible when I've been on b/c for some time? Does the fact that I'm living with 4 other women have anything to do with this? I had a nasty head cold about 2 weeks ago and took loads of vitamins, but nothing else. SHOULD I BE WORRIED? My best friend think my body just brought it on early to reassure me. Ya think? Has anyone esle experienced early periods while faithfully on b/c for a while??

All insight would be great, I just need some reassurance.

Thank you bunches!