Birth Control Side Effects?
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 1:19 pm
Hello Everybody,
I'm glad I found this site! Let me start off by saying that I am a 24 year old woman in a committed relationship. I recently started using birth control pills (Levora). My first pack was in September and the only side effect I experienced was sore breasts. I was not sexually active that month. During the second pack I was sexually active (with a condom of course) and again the only side effect I experienced was sore breasts.
I had protected sex again on the second day of my active pills while on the third pack. I was actually intimate on the day right after my period ended. I am currently on my last week of active pills before the week of placebo pills starts. For about a little over a week, I have experienced: sore breasts, nausea, mild and short abdominal cramps in the lower and upper abdomen, and bloatedness. I doubt I am pregnant because of the fact that I have never missed a pill and the fact that I haven't done anything else that could have affected the efficacy of it i.e. thrown up, diarrhea, or taken other medications. I have also taken 2 pregnancy tests and they have come out to be negative, although maybe it is too soon to test. We also used a condom, and my boyfriend also did not ejaculate. Am I safe to assume this is not the case?
My main concern here is: are these all symptoms of the birth control I am taking? Why am I experiencing these symptoms after almost three months of taking them, without experiencing many symptoms before? Is this normal? Thank you for your time.
I'm glad I found this site! Let me start off by saying that I am a 24 year old woman in a committed relationship. I recently started using birth control pills (Levora). My first pack was in September and the only side effect I experienced was sore breasts. I was not sexually active that month. During the second pack I was sexually active (with a condom of course) and again the only side effect I experienced was sore breasts.
I had protected sex again on the second day of my active pills while on the third pack. I was actually intimate on the day right after my period ended. I am currently on my last week of active pills before the week of placebo pills starts. For about a little over a week, I have experienced: sore breasts, nausea, mild and short abdominal cramps in the lower and upper abdomen, and bloatedness. I doubt I am pregnant because of the fact that I have never missed a pill and the fact that I haven't done anything else that could have affected the efficacy of it i.e. thrown up, diarrhea, or taken other medications. I have also taken 2 pregnancy tests and they have come out to be negative, although maybe it is too soon to test. We also used a condom, and my boyfriend also did not ejaculate. Am I safe to assume this is not the case?
My main concern here is: are these all symptoms of the birth control I am taking? Why am I experiencing these symptoms after almost three months of taking them, without experiencing many symptoms before? Is this normal? Thank you for your time.