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Is Delayed Menstruation After Intake Of Contraceptive Pills A Sign Of Pregnancy?

have been on birth control for about half a year and I have taken basically perfectly, and this month I took every pill on the dot. Well eleven days ago I had sex without a condom and a few days later I felt a little sick, but a bug was going around. I took a pregnancy test yesterday (10 days after sex) and it was negative. I know that was early now and could be a false negative. I usually get my period on the 3rd placebo pill and today I just took the last active pill this morning and tonight I started spotting brown here and there. I am wondering if I am pregnant or if this is the start of my period, just earlier than usual by 3 days (it does usually start out brown). Am I pregnant? Also, when can I take another pregnancy test?
posted on Mon, 18 Jan 2016
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Dear ,
This is Dr. S. Tomar from healthcaremagic.com's medical team and I ll be your medical adviser for this question.
It's very rare to get pregnant while using the oral contraceptive strictly as per the schedule but not impossible . The effectiveness of oral contraceptive pills is 99.0 percent if used perfectly . But practically pregnancy is seen in upto 9 out of 100 women who are on this method of contraception , so chances are always present .
There are a lots of home pregnancy kits available in market , you can choose any good brand and can check on first day of your missed period and if it is negative then again should check in a week if period is still missing .

This is my initial response and discussion is open until you have any query or need further clarification.
I wish you good health .
sincerely,
Dr. Shardendu Tomar
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Is Delayed Menstruation After Intake Of Contraceptive Pills A Sign Of Pregnancy?

Dear , This is Dr. S. Tomar from healthcaremagic.com s medical team and I ll be your medical adviser for this question. It s very rare to get pregnant while using the oral contraceptive strictly as per the schedule but not impossible . The effectiveness of oral contraceptive pills is 99.0 percent if used perfectly . But practically pregnancy is seen in upto 9 out of 100 women who are on this method of contraception , so chances are always present . There are a lots of home pregnancy kits available in market , you can choose any good brand and can check on first day of your missed period and if it is negative then again should check in a week if period is still missing . This is my initial response and discussion is open until you have any query or need further clarification. I wish you good health . sincerely, Dr. Shardendu Tomar