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I started taking provera (medroxyprogesterone) on the 16th for ten days and shpuld have starter my period on the 29th according to my doctor. is there a chance i could be p?

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Dr. Dennis Higginbotham answered

Specializes in American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Possible: You could conceive if you ovulate. Oral progesterone does not increase your fertility and when taken for only ten days, it will not act as a contraceptive.

Answered 1/2/2015

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