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Worried55

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Late (hasn't Come Yet) Period On the Pill
Posted: 02-10-05 10:52am

My fiancee is on estrostep fe. She was supposed to get her period on tuesday, but there's nothing yet. She is pretty regular, and is almost always on time. She has never missed a pill in the 4 years that she's been on it, but she did change brands about 4 or 5 months ago. At what point should we start worrying? Thanks for any thoughts you have.
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starshyne530

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Joined: 22 Aug 2004
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Posted: 02-10-05 14:00pm

Hi there!
Guess what? If your lady is taking her pills correctly then there's no need to worry. Same thing just happened to me, literally yesterday. Supposed to get my period, didn't, but it came eventually...
A lot of things can change when a period comes... Stress, worrying too much, illness... A whole bunch of things! Even if you're on the pill for years you can still become irregular every now and then (you should take a look at the "slightly concerned" post from yesterday).
Just wait it out, and if she doesn't get it, don't panic... She can take a pregnancy test if you need to reassure yourself some more. I would say, if she doesn't get it next month either, maybe she should call her doctor and see whats up. Hope that helps some!
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Worried55

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Posted: 02-11-05 18:44pm

She took an ept today and it turned up negative so I guess we're ok. However, I went and looked at the test again after about and hour (it was sitting in the trash), the negative mark is still there but if I look veeeeery closely and hold the test at a certain angle to the light I can see a very faint outline of the positive line. I'm a little more worried now. Maybe am I just seeing the "testing strip" area? It's not shaded at all, I can just make it out at that one particular angle. Looking at it straight on there's nothing. Also, I looked at the test about 10 min after she took it and there was nothing then.
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Worried55

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Posted: 02-14-05 06:42am

She did another ept this morning and it was also negative, so we're both feeling much better now. I guess maybe this is just one of those random missed periods while on the pill.
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mandilyn

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Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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Location: WI

Posted: 02-18-05 08:46am

Boy have I been there!! Same thing has happened to me, took a hpt and was negative. Sometimes after being on the pill for such a long period of time, it's normal to not get a period. You guys should be fine!!
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