
Missing Period After Taking Primolut Till. Had Unprotected Sex. How To Avoid Pregnancy?

The medication that your wife is on is a progesterone only medication. It does not have quite the same benefit of pregnancy prevention as does a pill that contains estrogen and progesterone. While women are breast-feeding a newborn, though, this can be used as an effective birth control.
This is often used for cycle regulation or for the treatment of pain related to things like endometriosis.
The reason for her delayed period includes:
1. Pregnancy - you need to do a pregnancy test
2. Irregularity in terms of when she is ovulating - despite the use of this medication
In terms of prevention of pregnancy in the setting of unprotected intercourse, it would not be a bad idea to obtain emergency contraception and have her take it. Not only will it probably prevent pregnancy, it will also eventually induce a period. I believe that you have the ipill available to you in your country.
I hope that this helps. Please ask if you have additional questions!


So taking i-pill is completely safe given the fact that she was taking primolut-n 7 days back? Just wanted to clarify as not sure what could be effect of different drugs when taken in close intervals.
One would have thought that the discontinuation of the progesterone medication WOULD have caused a cycle to happen. That this did NOT happen is not a reason for concern. But, I would stick to my previous recommendation. There is no harm in taking the ipill as it has a benefit in terms of preventing an unplanned pregnancy.
Still, I would take a pregnancy test to make sure that she is not pregnant, then take the ipill, then repeat the pregnancy test in 1 and 2 weeks just to be sure.
Good luck. I hope that this helps!

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