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Q: Headaches after stopping birth control
asked by: DoctorQuestion on October 16th, 2009
Hi,
I was kinda in the same boat. I ran out of birth control last month. I got my last period sept.7th and i didnt get more birth control until about a week and a half later. So i didnt bother starting it until my next period. My period was kinda late but i finally got it on saturday. Oct. 10. I know my body and when it comes to getting my period it will make it so its early. This time it was kinda late. I know birth control makes your cycle kind of weird sometimes but this happened before and was early.
Im on seaonale so i wont get my next period for about another 3 months.
So during the last month me and my boyfriend had unprotected sex even when i was ovulating. Now when i go my period on saturday it was quite heavy and lots of pain
. Sure normal for being off birth control but lots of bad headaches now and even 2 weeks before i got my period. On sunday i had to start my birth control again (day after i got my period) it was like my period had completely gone away.
Normaly every hou


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Dr. Kokil Mathur , MD
replied on October 21st, 2009
Pregnancy Q and A Answer A7577
Hello and welcome to eHealth Forum!

Your post states that you missed your birth control (seasonale), had unprotected sex, got a delayed but heavy period for one day and you started the pill the next day. This points towards a few things. Either this was a normal period or this was withdrawal bleeding or this was an early miscarriage.

The only way to confirm is get a pregnancy test. If this was miscarriage too, there is a chance that the HCG levels will be still high (usually remain high for a month). However with miscarriage the bleeding should have continued. Also if there is a pregnancy then also the levels will be high. If this was withdrawal bleeding or miscarriage then you can carry on with the pills.

You can discuss these possibilities with your gynecologist as on net and without examining it is difficult to give a confirmed opinion. Hope this helps. Take care!





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