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How do I know that next choice work...how many day have to wait....
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replied February 11th, 2012
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If you do not get pregnant, you know that it worked. Even if you did not take it, the chances are only about 30% that you could have gotten pregnant. ECPs make an already small chance smaller. The sooner you took it, the better it will work.

Here is what you can expect:

* About 7 days after taking it you may bleed like a period (withdrawal bleeding)
* Your next real period will very likely be late or absent.
* The period after that can be delayed as well
* Your cycle dates may change

What can you do?

* stay calm and relax
* take a pregnancy test 21 days after the sex
* take another test 7 days later to confirm the results
* look for a better birth control method

Take care and best of luck.
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replied February 13th, 2012
Thanks
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replied February 13th, 2012
So if I had sex on the 2/7/12 and took next choice on the 2/9/12 I did take it on time....so...it been 5 day...that I took the pill...I haven't bleed. Any thing....
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replied February 13th, 2012
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If you bleed, it will be around 15/16/17 Feb. Not all women bleed.
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replied February 14th, 2012
Ohhh ok...thanks.....well usually...that day ...is when my period start........
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replied February 14th, 2012
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Your period will very likely not start like a normal period. The hormones from the pill stopped the signals to your uterus to prepare the lining. So it will be a somewhat strange flow with a different texture, different PMS.
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replied February 22nd, 2012
I was going...to ask.if is normal..to have..like abdominal pain...like..if my period..is coming...I'm. Like so....despred...because...I don't even. Know..when my period...will start again ....
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replied February 14th, 2012
Ok thank you very much
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replied February 14th, 2012
Ok thank you very much
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replied February 20th, 2012
I was going...to ask.if is normal..to have..like abdominal pain...like..if my period..is coming...I'm. Like so....despred...because...I don't even. Know..when my period...will start again ....
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