Hello everyone! :) I’m beginning to worry that I’m pregnant. Little bit of information.. I am on my third week of birth control and have been generally consistent with taking it everyday at the same time. I lost my virginity just a couple days ago, but [we] had been experimenting with other things in the weeks before. I don’t know much about all of this but I am pretty positive I got nothing of his inside me that would cause me to become pregnant, but the fact that my period still hasn’t come—on day 35 now since the first day of my last period—is worrying me. I have been having cramps the past couple days and some nausea, but I have read that starting the pill can lead to an irregular menstrual cycle/no period at all/feeling sick etc. I just don’t understand how I’m supposed to decipher whether I’m pregnant or if it’s just the pill. Any thoughts, ideas, advice, or anyone else been dealt with the same thing? Anything helps. Thank you so much.

Erratic bleeding is completely normal while on the pill! Especially during the 3-6 month adjustment period.

When you go on birth control you are never due for a period. Any bleeding you experience on birth control is a synthetic bleed. Not experiencing any bleeding during your break week pills is completely normal. Birth control is known to lighten or even stop bleeding for some people. As long as you have taken all of your pills on time within the allowed time frame and accounted for severe diarrhea or vomiting or any other interactions you are fine and protected from pregnancy. What you are experiencing is completely normal and you have nothing to worry about. Bleeding isn’t a good indicator whether or not you are pregnant. The only way to know whether or not you are pregnant is to take a pregnancy test. Since you are still new to taking your brand your body is still adjusting to being on the brand. There is a 3-6 month adjustment period. If after the adjustment period you are still not happy with the brand you are on you can contact your doctor and ask to try another brand. Know that every time you change your brand your body will need to adjust to the new brand which is another 3-6 month adjustment period.