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Question Title: Pregnancy likely?

Forum: The Maternal and Child Health Forum
Topic: Pregnancy - Abnormal


I discontinued the pill 8 months ago and got my periods back very heavily and very regular (28 days). Before I took the pill I was quite irregular, but rarely skipped one. I was on the pill for 6 years. But now I am at least 1 month late and my last period stopped abruptly after only 3 days. Usually it lasts 6-7 days. I took a urine pregnany test 1 week ago and it was negative. My husband and I faithfully use condoms. Am I likely to be pregnant? I also have some other health problems due to possible hypercoagulability of my blood and I tale 650mg aspirin daily. Thank you for your response!

Dear Christy:
A change in menstrual flow or menstrual pattern after discontinuing birth control pills are not uncommon: the pill mask the changes that were destined to occur.
When one is one month late, a pregnancy test is reliable. If a lady misses 3 consecutive menstrual flows without pregnancy, medical evaluation is recommended.

Keywords: secondary amenorrhea

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