So to wrap it up, here I sit, 45 days into my second cycle after taking plan b, which makes me roughly about two weeks late and I had the worst cramps, and I had mild spotting, but it looks like I have finally gotten my period and maybe now i can finally get my life back on track and focus on my life again instead of worrying about peeing on a stick. So that's what I'm here for, I want to help others, because man I have been through the gauntlet with this Plan B. So many girls in the same position as me, grasping for answers, yet they never seem to get one of people don't come back to tell their story after they have gone through something. I have done the internet searches, I have read many of these message boards. Moving on though, so I sat with my negative pregnancy tests, being alone and scared, with no health insurance not knowing what my next move was. I just wanted to share with him what I was going through and he did not even want to hear it. If your partner is decent enough to stick around, bravo.
PLAN B PILL TAKEN 7 DAYS AFTER OVULATION FULL
Which I understand, but the last thing you want to hear when you are in full out panic mode is an, "I don't know, come back in two weeks", I mean this ordeal has been going on for almost two months now and the immature guy I was with jumped ship the moment I even tried to tell him I was a bit fearful of being pregnant. No one could really give me a real answer if Plan B was causing this and they seemed to have no information for me, just telling me everyone woman is different.
PLAN B PILL TAKEN 7 DAYS AFTER OVULATION FREE
I got so worked up that something was wrong I actually went to a free clinic for testing and they only did urine samples, negative. Day 37, nothing, I was panicking! I took more home pregnancy tests even though probably not needed but to ease my mind I did. Very light soreness in my breasts, a twinge of pain in my abdomen, but nothing like what usually indicated it was coming. So 30 days since I bled after taking Plan B, I had NO signs of my period coming. Now I know cycle changes are one of the side effects from Plan B and can go on for months, but again, what girl isn't worried about her health? And if you are like me, you want to be double, triple, quadruple sure you are okay? So I sat here waiting or my next period to show, the next period after you have already bled once on Plan B. I am also NOT on any additional birth control, I only use condoms. My cycle is usually 30 days and I'm pretty regular. So when do you count your next cycle from? Well I ended up counting my next cycle from the day the new bleeding started from taking Plan B. At that point I was convinced Plan B had caused my bleeding and that I could consider that my period and the pill worked.
First morning urine, about 3 weeks after the sex had happened, negative. Even after my "period" had ended I ended up being the worry wart I am, taking a pregnancy test. Did I think this ordeal was over? Not quite. However I received my period 3 days earlier than when it was due. I experienced symptoms within a week, VERY sore breasts that lasted about three weeks, cramps, bloating, zits, dizziness, just awful. So to recap, I took Plan B around the possible time of ovulation. I bled straight for 4 days, pretty much the length of my normal period, however this one seemed more heavy, and more bright red blood than I was used to, but on the 4th day of it, it stopped. At the end of the second week, I started feeling cramps, really really bad cramps, spotting occurred, brown at first, then pink, then about two days later I broke out into a full bleed.
But I dealt with it, and reassured myself that I was okay. The second week after taking Plan B, my breasts got so sore, I couldn't barely put a bra on, shower water hitting them was like daggers, it was awful! I was pretty concerned as it's normal for me to experience tender breasts about a week before my period but my period was still a while away and my breasts had NEVER been this sore. It wasn't until about a week after taking Plan B, that nausea, little hot flashes, dizziness, and breast tenderness started setting in. The night I took it, I felt pretty decent. I took the one pill about two hours after we had had sex.
It ran me $50 and it's now found on the shelf in the family planning aisle. I did not want to have a baby, so I rushed to my local 24 hour drugstore. I was never one for charting my ovulation, nor was I highly aware of it, BUT the night this happened I could have been ovulating. My partner claimed I had nothing to worry about, but I wasn't so sure. Not being sure if any sperm had leaked out or somehow presented itself, I took action into my own hands. I had protected sex, with a condom, when it slipped off while being withdrawn. I wanted to share my experience with Plan B in hopes it will calm some fears of others who were in my position.