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What Causes Delay In Periods Inspite Of Taking Contraceptives?
Hi there, not sure if this is the right place or not for this, sorry if it s inappropriate. My girlfriend s regularly takes the pill birth control as when we have intercourse I will often finish inside of her. She never misses a day without them, always taking it around the same time(6-7pm) However recently she has missed her planned period by a few days and we are worried it perhaps could be pregancy as I don t think we re at a stage in our lives where it would be possible to raise a child(she s 21, I m 20). I ve heard from a few sources that often stress leads to missing your period, and she has been having a very stressful time with her university course, and part time teaching placement, is this an actual thing that happens?
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Hi,
Stress can make your menstrual period making it shorter or longer or even causing a missed period due to changes in hormones level. However, most of the times, it should not be a fully missed period(more than 6weeks of your last period) due to stress. In your case, if it is more than 6 weeks of your last period, then you should go for a pregnancy test, as it may be failure of contraceptive pills.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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Dr. Satnarain Bansal, General & Family Physician
Stress can make your menstrual period making it shorter or longer or even causing a missed period due to changes in hormones level. However, most of the times, it should not be a fully missed period(more than 6weeks of your last period) due to stress. In your case, if it is more than 6 weeks of your last period, then you should go for a pregnancy test, as it may be failure of contraceptive pills.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Satnarain Bansal, General & Family Physician
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