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Q: Pregnancy on the Pill?
asked by: msqwerty on June 20th, 2009
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I've been taking Yaz for over two years now with minimal issues and 99.9% regular periods. I take it every day at the same time (usually w/in 15-30mins max of the time i schedule my alarm to go off). I'm currently taking the second week of pills. A day or two after my period ended I began to have sex without a condom but finished with one. It's now a week later and for the past couple (about 3 or so) of days I've been having a discharge...either pinkish or brown that shows up every so often when I go to the bathroom and wipe, nothing really left behind in between. Any ideas of what it might mean? Should I be concerned about pregnancy, an infection, anything or is this normal? Any advice would be great, health issues always make me worried.
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susan862003
replied on June 21st, 2009
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I do not think you are pregnant. You take great care to use Yaz as directed. A light bleeding like this can be a sign of an infection or breakthrough spotting. If it does not go away you should see your health care provider or if you think you can have an infection, you should get something for it.
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rockon0159
replied on June 22nd, 2009
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Sometimes spotting means its time to try a new kind of pill. If you weren't such a perfect pill-taker, I would say this spotting might be implantation bleeding, but the circumstances you describe make this very unlikely. Even without condoms, the pill alone, when taken perfectly like you do, is over 99.9% effective. It is HIGHLY unlikely your pill failed.

If the spotting continues for a long time, you should see your doctor about maybe switching pills.
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