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Originally Posted by Lizzie
Hey,
So while using protection does greatly lower the chance of pregnancy, it doesn't completely eliminate the possibility. One of the down sides of not allowing yourself to have a period is the fact that you can't tell if you missed one or not. The ultimate 1st pregnancy symptom is a missing period. If you are worried about being pregnant taking a pregnancy test is the only way to find out. You have to wait at least fourteen days after having sex for it to be accurate. So if you this worried about being pregnant, I think taking a test will be the best way to gain some peace of mind.
Have you talked to your doctor about the way you are treating your birth control pills? There are certain types of birth control that let you skip your period, but the fact that your pack has sugar pills, makes me think you are not taking them the way they are meant to be taken. If you don't follow the directions exactly on your birth control, that could increase the likelihood of getting pregnant. So, you need to talk to your doctor if you want to switch to a type that allows you to safely miss a period. The bleeding could very well be caused by the fact that you are missing your period. The lining of your uterus does need to shed at some point and you may just start spotting all of the time to compensate for that.
Implantation bleeding is extremely light, we are talking a few drops of blood, not enough to even get on your underwear. Just noticeable when you wipe. It also doesn't always occur, so it is very likely that the blood you saw is not from implantation. We could try to guess what caused the blood, like long finger nails, but at the end of the day, the only way to know if you are pregnant is to wait four more days and take a test.
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thank you for your help!
first things first, it's definitely not long fingernails causing the bleeding, i compulsively bite them as short as possible.
i live in a very conservative area and i don't believe they offer birth control that allows you to skip your period. i don't have insurance and this is the one option they allow me to have for a reduced cost, so i'd rather not mess with it.
i know that birth control doesn't eliminate the possibility of pregnancy, but it does lower it to somewhere between 1-8%, correct?
i'll definitely look into taking a pregnancy test at some point soon, especially if i start seeing more symptoms. in the meantime i'll try to control my paranoia and operate under the assumption that it was just the lining of the uterus being shed. thank you for answering!