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What Causes Missed Periods After Taking Birth Control Pills?

Hi I am 21 years old. May 1st 2016 I started my menstral period , May 5th I went off and I had a drs appointment that day to get a pap and I started the birth control pill. I took a pill on the 5th, 6th, and 10th every time I took one it caused me to bleed for a day so I stopped taking them and haven t took one since May 10th 2016. My periods are very regular and is normally 28 days. I should have came on May 29th. It is June 18 2016 and I have not had a period. I ve tooken about 4 tests and they have all came back negative. Could I be pregnant ?
Tue, 7 Jan 2020
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Hi,

It is your irregular taking of oral contraceptive which has caused a hormonal imbalance to cause such a delay or it may be the pills have postponed your ovulation day and unknowingly you got pregnant.

If pregnancy test is +ve after 21-24 days of unprotected sex and before that it remains -ve, you can go for blood pregnancy test to exclude pregnancy after 15 more days.

In case you don't want pregnancy, she can give you medicine to induce periods (if you are not pregnant, you will get bleeding in 8 days of taking the medicine.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr. Vasudha Jayant Athavale, General & Family Physician
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What Causes Missed Periods After Taking Birth Control Pills?

Hi, It is your irregular taking of oral contraceptive which has caused a hormonal imbalance to cause such a delay or it may be the pills have postponed your ovulation day and unknowingly you got pregnant. If pregnancy test is +ve after 21-24 days of unprotected sex and before that it remains -ve, you can go for blood pregnancy test to exclude pregnancy after 15 more days. In case you don t want pregnancy, she can give you medicine to induce periods (if you are not pregnant, you will get bleeding in 8 days of taking the medicine. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr. Vasudha Jayant Athavale, General & Family Physician