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Can Emergency Contraceptives Cause Delayed Periods?

Posted on Mon, 23 Feb 2015

Question: she had her last period on 23-26 December , and an unprotected sex took place on 27 Dec .... she took unwanted 72 within 1 hour of the act .... afterwards she had experienced a bleeding on 01-05 XXXXXXX .... PERIOD HAS NOT HAPPENED YET though she has a 30 days cycle normally .... when will it come ??? is there any need of doing pregnancy test ???

Answered by Dr. Aarti Abraham (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Period is delayed due to Unwanted 72.

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for writing to us with your health concern.
The bleeding that she experienced between 1st - 5th of January was due to side effect of Unwanted 72.
Also, having sex on the 4th day after periods cannot result in a pregnancy.
The delay in the periods is because of the Unwanted 72.
There is no need for taking a pregnancy test.
She will have her period, only , it will be delayed by a week or 10 days.
All the best
Please feel free to discuss further.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Aarti Abraham (14 hours later)

that means even if her period is delayed , that is not an alert of pregnancy ?

Answered by Dr. Aarti Abraham (0 minute later)

Brief Answer:
The delay can be because of Unwanted 72.

Detailed Answer:
The period gets delayed due to the Unwanted 72.
If you wish to confirm the information given to you, just take a pregnancy test.
It is simple 2 minute procedure .
Take care.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar