How long is Plan B affecting your cycle?
I had sex with my significant other on May 17th. my period was on may 10th and lasted for a week. We didn’t know if the condom slipped off but we bought Plan B to be safe. I took it on may 20th and thought nothing of it. One week later at work I started some brown discharge then it was light bleeding. It lasted from May 28th to June 7th. I took two pregnancy tests one in the morning one at night. Both came out negative. I got my period on June 26th all the way through June 30th. I didn’t get my period this month and it was due on the 26th. It is now August 11th and I am 17 days late. I took two more pregnancy tests - still negative. Can anyone tell me what’s going on?
For how many months can Plan B affect your cycle?
Question posted by nebswhos on 11 Aug 2019
Last updated on 17 August 2019
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Plan B is a huge dose of artificial hormone, which can effect some women's cycles for months. Many find it just causes a delay of their period for a week or two, or sometimes none, but I know of many who have waited months to get a regular monthly cycle back again. It's a lot for your body to deal with.
For future reference, if you have an emergency like a condom split, try to take the emergency contraception asap, as it has more chance of being effective the sooner you take it after sex. If you had been relying on Plan B completely this time, you might have found it unable to help, leaving it until 72 hours after sex, because of where you were in your menstrual cycle. You were possibly in your fertile window already, if you have a short cycle. This could have meant getting caught out & therefore possibly pregnant.
This doesn't sound likely in your current situation, as you used a condom.
If you ever have a condom accident when you're likely v close to ovulation, then I suggest the other emergency pill called Ella, as it's the only emergency contraceptive pill proven to work in the 24 hours leading up to ovulation. For Plan B it may well be too late.
You can checkout the Ella website to see that.
Thank you for responding. Right now I’m experiencing cramps that come and go. And I still haven’t gotten my period. Should I still worry or not since 4 pregnancy tests have come up as negative.
That all sounds fine & a similar experience after Plan B to many women I speak to. If you're very worried you could get a blood pregnancy test done from your doctor.
You may experience any hormonal symptoms that you'd get with a period or pregnancy, or other hormonal change in the body.
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