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A 19-year-old female asked:
Early signs of pregnancy? earlier in the month, i got my period 3 days before my first packet of birth control pills ended (the white pills) and by the time i finished my period i was still on the brown pills. i had sex 2 times unprotected. the past cou
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Dr. Alvin Linanswered
Geriatrics 32 years experience
Name of BCP?: Most birth control pills have a 4th week of placebo or sugar pills. If pills taken as directed, you should have your menses/period during that last week. Assuming that you took pills as directed, then you're still "unprotected" from sexually transmitted diseases/infections. But I'm still not clear as to whether white or brown pills are active rather than sugar. Ask your prescribing doc or pharmaci
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I had light brown vaginal fluid today. We had unprotected sex yesterday, he did not cum. I finished my period last saturday. Im on birth control pills?
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Period after 6 weeks of giveing birth&mostly breast feeding. my previous two pregnancy period come when I stopped nursing. why this time it so early?
Dr. Robert Grindstaffanswered
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Each pregnancy: is different and if breast feeding, there can be a variable amount of time for the first period.
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Dr. Brian Nguyen commented
Obstetrics and Gynecology 13 years experience
Return Of ovulation can be dependent upon the consistency of your breastfeeding. If you go a couple of days without breastfeeding it is possible that you do not inhibitthe signals that would usually cause you to ovulate.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
13 days late and still absolutely no signs of a period. I stopped birth control and had a lot of unprotected sex. But again negative test results. ?
Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Hormonal imbalance: Menstrual irregularities are not uncommon and anovulatory cycle is a common cause. If you miss more than two periods it would be time to see your doct... Read More
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