Emergency Contraception + Period

[hannahbanana17]

Hello!

I am just trying to ease my worries. Two weeks ago, my boyfriend and I had an incident where he slipped inside of me, not all the way, but without a condom and only for a few seconds before he pulled out. The next day, I took plan b to be safe as I was on day 12 of my cycle, and 6 days later, about 11 days before my period was due to start, I started spotting, which eventually turned into heavy bleeding like my period and lasted four days as it usually does. My question is, since it was so early, was this my period, or could I still be pregnant?

[Heather]

We can't ever tell someone what is or isn't their menstrual period. The only way any of us can know what is or isn't our own periods is by observing the patterns of our periods over time (as in, over years, or, for those of us who have had them this long, decades) -- like when they happen, what they feel and look like, how long they last, etc. -- and then seeing if the kind of flow, and how the whole works feels, seems to be a match for the most part.

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