Birth Control Pills

Hey :)

I started taking the birth control pills. I took them for 10 days, but I started to feel really dizzy and sick so stopped taken them. My last one that I took was Sunday night and it's now Wednesday. The night after I stopped taking the pill, I started to bleed dark blood. It's not my period because I took my first pill on the day of my period and my period stopped completely about the 5th day, perfectly normal when I'm not on the pill as well. At first I thought it was just coming off the pill that had caused the blood, but I just went to the toilet and there's still brown blood there and sorry to be gross but it doesn't smell that great either! I also had a really sore breast after I stopped taking them, I still feel sick and am getting stomach cramps, can anyone help me and tell me whether this is just because I stopped the pill? I tried to find some answers on google but nothing really came up. Is it unusual to bleed when you stop taking the pill because it's definately not my period as that ended about 7/8 days ago. You don't think It could be a sign of pregnancy?? As we we did have unprotected sex just before I went on the pill.

Any advice would be great! :)

xxx

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
Since you have missed your birth control pills for 11 days, chances of pregnancy are there. You should wait for your periods and if you miss them, then I suggest you to test for pregnancy by a highly sensitive pregnancy test after 1 week of missing your periods. Also then I would suggest you to get your serum HCG levels estimated since this is more specific than urine for pregnancy tests.

It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.