Period late on birth control. Advice?

procella_lamia · August 2012

I have been taking birth control regularly for years. I even set alarms to take it at the same time of day every day. I should have started my period Wednesday. Home pregnancy test currently shows negative. Has anyone had this happen before? Thanks for the advice.

MrsNiner · August 2012

Go to your doctor? Maybe your O'd later than usual or something else is wrong. Go to your OB for some bloodwork.

procella_lamia · August 2012

Thanks for the feedback. I just haven't been late in the 5 years I've been on the pill. Didn't know if someone else had experienced this.

Daenaria · August 2012

Use backup in the meantime. Give it a few days and if no AF, take another test. I've had self resolving cysts on my ovaries cause me to skip a period.

FutureMrsTowns · August 2012

GhostMonkey:
MrsNiner:
Go to your doctor? Maybe your O'd later than usual or something else is wrong. Go to your OB for some bloodwork.
You don't ovulate on birth control genius. Kind of how it works.
There is zero reason to run to your OB. It's quite normal to not have withdrawl bleeding while on the pill. As longs as the tests are negative, you are fine. If you go another cycle without bleeding, then maybe call, but it is not uncommon to have no period with hormonal birth control.

Yes

watermellens · August 2012

I wouldn't bother your doctor. It's very normal for your cycles to be "off" the first few months following going off your BC.

kewltif · August 2012

I had that happen to me once and I was not pregnant. My period was randomly like 3 or 4 days late on the pill and that had NEVER happened before.

MAtoNC · August 2012

In the many years I was on hormonal bc, first thei pill and then the nuvaring, I missed my "period" twice.

bnug · August 2012

I got pregnant with my son while I was on BC pills. I took it everyday the same time...no changes at the time...I guess I was just that small percent.

BUT...my AF was SO regular while on BC..that when I didn't get it on scheduled day...I took a test next morning and it was positive IMMEDIATELY.

Good Luck

procella_lamia · August 2012

Thanks for the feedback from everyone. I've been taking ortho tri cyclen for almost a year. Ortho novum before that for a total of over 5 years. I did not try to come off birth control. I have still not started my period at this point, and I took another home pregnancy test and it's still negative. I'm concerned about starting a new pack of pills. My husband and I want children, we were just hoping to wait another little while.

pinottoparenthood · August 2012

procella_lamia:
Thanks for the feedback. I just haven't been late in the 5 years I've been on the pill. Didn't know if someone else had experienced this.

A few months before my wedding, I got on a low-dose birth control pill. I had a couple "periods" like normal, but right after my honeymoon, it never came. Well I started FREAKING out that I was pregnant with a honeymoon baby, because the time change threw me off and I took some pills late. It turned out I wasn't pregnant, and I actually missed a few more "periods" while still on that pill. However, when I was on another brand of pill a few years before that, I never missed the bleeding either. I'm sure you're fine, but if you're still worried, take another pregnancy test in a week.

LnR70707 · August 2012

expatmama:

Again, NOT TRUE. Progesterone only pills do not prevent ovulation only implantation and these are not uncommon. The combination pill prevents both ovulation and implantation. The OP did not state what kind of pill she was taking, so it isn't necessarily true that she isn't ovulating.

Also some statistics say 1/5 women will still ovulate with the pill - not exactly a rarity.

AND the failure rate is for when the pill is USED PROPERLY and does not account for miss use, at least that is what it always says on my package.

But apparently you have to be not only right but also obnoxious about it. So Yay for you!

Wrong. Progesterone only BC works primarily to trick your body into thinking it is already pregnant, therefore not releasing an egg. Some types, like the mini-pill, also change the environment of your uterus on the off chance an egg is released.

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