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Q: Question About Situation With Birth Control
asked by: AMM on July 20th, 2005
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Hi everybody. I have been on birth control since I was 17 and now i'm 22. I have been on seasonale for a little over a year and a half now. I know there are alot of problems with spotting on this pill, but I haven't spotted since my 6th month on it. Recently I had to leave my brand new package of birth contol pills in a car during a texas summer day for several hours. I had not yet taken one of the pills (it was sunday (july 10th) and i'm a sunday start) and I was worried about its effectiveness. I called a pharmacist and she said not to worry, that since it wasn't for an extremely long time it was fine so I took all my pill on time that night and have since. Well, my boyfriend and I had sex that monday and tuesday night, using condoms but on tuesday he went in a little before he put the condom on. The following friday, sat, and sunday I had a small amount of spotting. It was dark muddy brown, like my previosly spotting on the pill was. I only could notice it friday and sunday when I wiped, but saturday a small amount got on my underwear. I was wondering if I could be pregnant b/c of birth contol failure? Would the spotting have been implantation bleeding? When is the soonest I can take a hpt? I'm so incredibly worried about it and I won't have my period for about another 3 months, and I can't go on that long without knowing! Please help!
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wildlckygirl
replied on July 20th, 2005
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If I were you I would take a hpt asap, just to be on the safe side.
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AMM
replied on July 20th, 2005
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Can I take one right now? I guess that was my real question. I just wasn't sure if I needed to wait longer since it has only been a week since we had sex.
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wildlckygirl
replied on July 20th, 2005
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I would take it right now if you are pregnant it is more than likely going to show up positive. Just read the back of the package for when to do it and how, that will give you the best answer on when. I only suggest not to go with a cheap test, it will be worth the money to get the correct answer.
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AMM
replied on July 20th, 2005
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Ok, well I just went a bought the first response test, the one that test the soonest (i think like 5 days before missed period). It came out negative :lol: ! The one I bought actually came with three tests so I test again next week just to be sure. But you think the results are pretty accurate? I love my boyfriend and we have been together for a long time and plan on being together forever, but having a child now would be near impossible. We both just graduated from college, but i'm going to 2.5 more years of school and he has a crap job with no health benefits. My parents had my oldest sister in college, and I never wanted that to be my experience. My stupidity for not using condoms properly though, i'm not dumb and I know you can get pregnant that way. Hopefully this was just a scare and we will be much better from here on out! Thanks wildlckygirl!
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wildlckygirl
replied on July 20th, 2005
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I would almost quarantee that those are pretty accurate it should have a % of accuracy somewhere on the box. I wouldn't worry about it anymore if it was me if it says negative it is probably negative. Just for the hell of it take another test in like 4 days screw a week, but I am sure you are fine!!
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