Also, if my withdrawal bleed started later than usual, could starting my active pills make it stop? I mean, my WB started on Friday and ended Sunday after I took my first active pill. Could that be because of my starting the new pack?

So I've been taking Mononessa birth control pills for a year now (started them last July due to strange periods/long cycles) but now my period is getting weird again. It was normal until last month I got a very light period, mostly just clots and a bit of spotting for about 4-5 days, which started a...

Thank you so much for your help, and yes, what are some ways to reply when people freak out about seeing me with my pills?

Thank you! I ended up just taping a piece of an index card to the part of my pack that I accidentally opened, just so the week 3 pill wouldn't fall out. I really didn't want to get my days out of order (for the sake of remembering if I took my pill, ya know?) For future reference, could I take all o...

Okay so this morning I couldn't get my Mononessa BCP out of the plastic package, so I removed the insert (the part that holds all my pills) and popped the pill out. After breaking the blister seal, I realized it was a pill from Saturday of my week 3, not Wednesday of week 1. After realizing this, I ...

I don't understand why my question thread was locked? I was not asking a question based on anxiety or impossible scenarios. I need to know the answer to this question quickly so I can find out what course of action to take as a result. My question was: If a couple has sexual contact 4 days before th...

If a couple has sexual contact 4 days before the girl's period starts, is there a chance the girl could be pregnant even if she does start her period on time 4 days after the sexual contact? I mean, it's only a few days, so could sperm fertilize an egg during that period/before/after? I'm very confu...

Then why is it that this site say that you can get pregnant if the guy ejaculates outside the vagina? Is it because semen can drip inside or can the sperm really find their own way in?

Do sperm have any idea where they're going? This is something I've always wondered...like, if a guy ejaculates outside of the body, do the sperm think "hmm...I need to swim left to find the opening" (not literally of course) or even when a guy ejaculates inside the girl, do the sperm know ...

Okay so I've read that birth control pills should be taken at the same time daily or you're less protected from pregnancy. Also, the first and last active pills are the most important pills in a pack because the 7 days of placebos (aka 7 days without hormones) is the max you can go without risking o...

I take Mononessa, which I think is a combo pill, but I may be wrong. So even if I take the first pill 3 hours late, then took it at my usual time (give or take 20-30min) for 4 days, then had to take my pill 2 hours early to avoid taking it late again because of a football game, it will be fine? If y...

As everyone on this site probably knows (lol sorry), I have severe anxiety about pregnancy. Everything freaks me out, even just living with guys, and my irregular periods don't help, so I started taking birth control pills last month. I completed the pack and got my period on the 4th day of placebo ...

Can I rely on the 7 days of heavy bleeding as my period? It felt like my period as far as blood flow, but I didn't have any cramps (sometimes I do and sometimes I don't) and I was on my active BC pills. If my period was late, would starting BC have made it start? I'm confused. I want to say I got my...

I started taking birth control pills on August 16 using neither of the "normal" start methods because my period is irregular and was already 2 weeks late. A week later (August 23) I started having brown spotting and by the next morning I was having a full blown period, filling about 1 pad ...

Okay so according to Scarleteen, I have no risk of pregnancy because we kept our clothes on, but my period still hasn't started. Here's some info about me if needed: A few weeks ago (July 22), during the week my calculator apps say should have been my fertile week, my boyfriend and I were making out...

Is there any way to induce a period? I've read that taking black cohosh supplements and drinking cinnamon will help bring an irregular period...I'm not sure if that's correct but it won't hurt to try, correct? Or...? Also, I know I didn't have a risk of pregnancy based on what Scarleteen and several...

Today I was told I do have PCOS, so that means my period could just not come for months, though. Do I really need to wait months to start these pills? If I start mid cycle, what will my consequences be? I mean, won't it eventually level everything out since I don't really have a "regular" ...

I went to the doctor today about my irregular periods and she gave to birth control to regulate them. The package says it's best to start taking the pills on the Sunday after your period, but if my period is so irregular, could I go ahead and take it now to make my period come this time next month? ...

If I tell the doctor my period is concerning me, will he make me take a pregnancy test? If I take one and it comes out negative I know I will feel a lot better. But there's no way I'm going to ask for one because that would make my mom suspicious.

Okay I know I should/could wait, but I have to go to my doctor tomorrow or Wednesday to get shots for school, is this something I should just bring up while I'm there? Like "hey btw, my periods have been irregular, what's up with that?" And then maybe he'll ask me questions and I could hav...

Okay so I've thought over all the information I've been given from this website and I think I'm finally done letting this anxiety rule my life. I don't want to wait another month just hoping my period will come eventually. I'm sick of constantly sitting behind a computer screen trying to find out wh...

I'd also like to apologize for causing a confusion. I thought the texting and online methods would be connected. Sometimes I just don't have Internet access, I'll be sure to use my handle next time I have to use the texting service

Oh okay thank you. So I should wait to see a doctor until I've missed 1 more period? So like...around the end of September, right?

I was told by someone else via the Scarleteen texting that I shouldn't wait. Now I'm not sure what to do since you've told me this and the other girl said otherwise...

I was told by a member of the volunteer team here at Scarleteen that I should go see a doctor because I've been having abnormal periods. My cycles have been changing monthly (37 day cycle, then 33 days, then 31, and now I've missed this month's period). After doing some research, I think there's a g...