It could simply just be your body getting adjusted to the pill. If ou just started taking them, and were irregular about them to begin with; then your body probably got a little confused.
Make sure to put your pills in a place where you are sure to remember to take them, like with your cell phone or purse. Or if you have a REALLY hard time remembering, talk to your GYN about the patch. Because you are more likely to get pregnant by taking the pill erratically than if you don't take it at all, just because it will throw your system so far out of whack you won't be able to predict your cycles anymore.
As far as your bleeding goes, as long as you are not passing large clots (ping-pong ball size) or as long as the bleeding is not BRIGHT red (like from a cut - different from your normal period) and you are not bleeding through more than 2 pads in 4 hrs; then do not get panicky. It is possible that you might have had a "miscarriage" - but in this case it would have been that something was not viable with the embryo, so the body released it, and now it will heal. This type of miscarriage is very common, most women don't even realize they have it. There is nothing to feel guilty about, because it would not have had anything to do with the pill.
However, if you start running a fever of more than 101, you discharge starts smelling foul or turning greenish, you start bleeding heavliy like above or passing clots like above. or any hard crampy pains in your lower abdomen or lower back; you will need to see a Dr. (or ER). They have to see you whether you have insurance or not.
Also - hospitals will make payment arrangements with you to pay bills, and as long as you have a payment arrangement made, and you are on time with you payments (and sometimes the payments can be as little as $20 w/ no interest), it will not affect your credit rating.
Last edited by BellaAsthmaHost; 10/11/05 04:14 PM.
