morning after pill - heavy bleeding problems! - Birth Control Message Board

~:~blythe~:~ · 11-22-2006, 12:20 PM

so on sunday 12th November i had unprotected sex, i went and got the morning after pill on the tuesday morning, the earliest time i could get it. so i was well within the 72 hours.

7 days later i started bleeding, its been really heavy for 4/5 days now, heavier than a normal period. ive also had really bad back pain and aches, at one point it was really painful to walk.

ive still got the back pain now, but its more of an aching now rather than shooting pain.

the nurse told me when i took the morning after pill that i may have my period early, but i never imagined it would be 3 and a half weeks early!! surely thats a bit too early isnt it?

ive been feeling a bit sicky too, i thought i was actually going to be sick today.

so anyone got any ideas what might be going on? thanks

Josh Mann · 11-22-2006, 03:17 PM

Yeah, the other half had to get that last week, and reading the info given with it. Can cause people to feel nausious and cause your period to come early.

Your period just has to come within 3 weeks of taking the pills or you should go back and see your doc.

Best of Luck!

Josh

Kszan · 11-23-2006, 02:05 PM

The morning after pill basically screws up your system extremely badly, which is what causes the heavy bleeding and nausea. It's like taking an extra triple quadruple dose of the stuff that is in the pill.

You'll have to wait at least a cycle or 2 before it all gets back to normal. That's the price you have to pay for taking the morning after pill. Sure it works great, but the problem is that it makes most women who take it really, really sick and they also have a lot of issues with bleeding and other stuff after taking it. You just have to give it a few cycles to let your system get back to normal.

_mystictiger_ · 11-23-2006, 02:05 PM

This is normal hun. Unfortunately it is one of the effects of taking MAP.

Brittanyfarrah · 12-20-2006, 04:30 PM

I used the morning after pill OFTEN in the last 6 months and i found that it did bring my period on a lot sooner but i made sure to eat a good amount before it took it and to keep food in my system. I've heard horror stories like that from people who take it without food.