IUD late period anxiety

[Ann1996]

Hi,

I’m very anxious that I could be pregnant. I’ve had the IUD in for 3 months now, and my periods had been coming every 28 days like usual for the past two months. However I am now 4 days late for my period.

I was due on 29/11/18 and it’s now 2/12/18 and I still have no signs of my period coming. On 25/11/12 I had period like cramps begin and tender breasts. On 28/11/18 when I wiped I had tiny flecks of blood, so assumed period was on its way, however this light bleeding has stopped.

On 12/11/2018 (4 days before I was due to ovulate according to my app) I took the Ellaone morning after pill because on 11/11/18 I experienced pain during sex. My partner and I don’t use any other protection than the IUD. I then went to the GP to check my strings on 14/11/18 and the Dr said it all looked fine and didn’t need to use extra protection. I have an ultrasound scan booked on 9/12/18 to check that I don’t have cycsts on my ovaries or anything like that causing pain during sex .

I also took a week long course of penicillin for bacterial tonsillitis beginning on 14/11/18.

I took a pregnancy test on 31/11/18 and 1/12/18 and both showed up as negative, however I’m still concerned as I’ve usually been so regular with my periods.

Do I have anything to worry about or is it just likely that because of the morning after pill and the antibiotics (plus a bit of stress at work) my period is late because of late ovulation?

Hope you can help as I’m very worried about this!

[Siân]

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