Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 13 Location: Louisville, KY
Can You Miss a Period From Being Sick/antibitoics?? Posted: 11-25-05 21:16pm
Hi gang,
i am three days late for my period and i'm
sort of freaking out. I stopped my bc
pill after 10 long years in august and I
have had two regualr periods, cycle 35
days apart since then. I have been taking
vitex-an herb- to keep it regulated and I
have been tracking my cycles on a website
to see how my body is doing. I was pretty
sick two weeks ago with a bacterial upper
respiratory thing and was on antibitoics
for 10 days, plus ealier this month I was
really stressed out over some work stuff
which I believe led me to getting sick. I
had mid cycle cramps two weeks ago while I
was sick and i've had all of the usual pms
signs for the past two weeks, but no
period. I know i'm not pg, my husband was
fixed last year, but i'm still freaking a
little cause when I was younger, I would
skip a lot then have a bad period when I
finally did get it. My last two periods
were actually pretty light and I don't
want to have to rely on the pill again to
be regular cause I want to do this
naturally- 10 years was long enough to be
on synthetic hormones.
Anyway, my ? Is, is it true that sickness
or antibiotics delay your ovulation
therfore make you period late or skip?? I
have been better for over a week now and
as I said before, i've had all the pms
signs just no period. Any responses would
be greatly appreciated!
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Cambion
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Posted: 11-27-05 23:29pm
Well if you were stressing out, that could
lead to you being late on your period.
Don't you love when that happens? It's
possible that your body could just be
having a reaction to you going off birth
control - 10 years is indeed a long time,
so your body could just be re-adjusting.
I know because after I stopped birth
control, my periods acted as if I was
still on the pills for over a year, and
then I too freaked out when my period one
month came over a week late. My body was
just going back to it's old natural
cycle.
Don't worry too badly over 3 days - a
missed period could be the result of many
things. I've skipped a few in my lifetime
and it was the result of my body just
being weird on me. If you've very very
overly concerned, though, you can always
ask your doctor about it and see what they
have to say or what they can do to help.
Sorry if I wasn't much help... >.<
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lisa2005
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Posts: 17
Posted: 12-09-05 09:14am
Whenever I am on antibiotics or am sick
my cycle get messed up. I have been
early and I have late. Absolutely
antibiotics can effect your cycle. You
can always take a pregnancy test to be
sure anyway.
