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I've recently just had an abortion and needless to say it wasn't a pleasant experience. I went on the pill straight after it and have been on the pill now for over three weeks. The thing is, i've been getting very light bleeding and am unsure whther or not this is my period. After my abortion I was given antibiotics to stop infections and was a tad worried this may have reacted with the pill, so to air on the side of caution yesterday i did two pregancy tests. One of them had a very light diagnol line in the result window to match the control window and the other one i did had a line but it was very very light, you also couldn't make it out. I went to the doctors today and they said even though its very unlikely i'm pregnant again, if my period doesn't start i should go back and see them in a week. The thing thats confsing is, I'm on the pill so why were the pregnancy tests showing very light but positive results?
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Antibiotics can affect how oestrogen (the active ingredient in the contraceptive pill) is absorbed into your body. This can make the pill less effective, and you'll need to use an additional form of contraceptive, such as a condom. You should use the additional form of contraceptive while you're taking antibiotics, and for one week after you stop.
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/843.aspx?CategoryID=60&SubCategoryID=178
I would go and see your doctor if I were you.
Though on the other hand like mirandashell says it's just as likely to be your hormones still recovering from the termination. Did your doctor suggest that a pregnancy test at this stage could give a false result?
well i suggested it to the doctor about how I may still be carrying the pregnancy hormones and she said it was possible
Very unlikely, but not impossible if you have been having sex since your abortion whilst you are on the anti-b's. Not trying to worry you, but surely someone told you this when they put you on the pill?
no, in fact it was me that asked if anti-biotics affect the pill and he didn't know so had to ask another doctor :rolleyes:
Then he needs reporting to the GMC, because thats pretty much one of the biggest causes of unplanned pregnancies with women on the pill. You take the pill correctly and its 98% effective, BUT antibiotics can and will interfere with it.
You can get pregnant on the pill, as it isn't 100% effective. It can be less effective while taking antibiotics.
So, it could be a positive result, a false positive or an evaporation line.
How long did you leave the test before reading the results?
Have you had sex since the abortion?
mmm I did think it was odd he didn't know about that, like I knew about it and i'm not a doctor. I'm not taking them anymore but they we'ren't exactly strong antibiotics, they didn't appear to do anything really
In fairness to the doctor, I think it is only SOME anti-biotics that can affect the pill, but to be on the safe side it is to be assumed ALL anti-biotics will.
I'm sure that if you wanted to know specifically that the anti-biotics you were taking would definately affect the pill then a doctor might need to check that.
Just as normal like it says on the label, a few minutes. The thing turned pink, then the thick bold line appeared in the control window, while the result window was just clear, until after a few minutes when the very light line appeared. When I actually was pregnant, like over a month ago and did a test the lne in the result window was a very thick bold line.
And yes i have had sex since the abortion but have taken the pill everyday
Yeah like tetrysal can (I think thats how you spell it) the one you take for acne, that can affect it
Really not being funny, but you've just terminated an unwanted pregnancy. Perhaps you should lay off sex until your body is back to normal, you are used to the pill and you've got your head straight?
It must have been a horrible experience and it sounds like you've gone straight back into having potentially unsafe sex.
I agree. Also - are you sure the abortion has definatly worked?
SOMETIMES they don't
Some thoughts- I thought you had to be taking the pill for at least a month for it to become effective? I did when I was on it anyway, both the Mini-Pill and Combined-Pill.
Antibiotics, as people have said, do really effect how the Pill is absorbed, I had a friend who got pregnant on the pill when taking antibiotics as the slack doctor failed to tell her about this.
I would go back to the doctors, seriously express your concerns and worries as you could be pregnant again.
Hmm, 8 weeks? Where did you hear this? I'm an A&E sister (not giving medical advice!) and I was coming on to advise the patient as I've been told by gynae consultants that a pregnancy test will stay positive for 3 weeks after a complete miscarriage or abortion, beta hcg (blood tests) take a bit longer to get to 0. Basically, depending on how long the abortion was, if the pregnancy test is positive, even a slight line, its positive. I hope this doesn't come as bad news. Best of luck.
What do you consider the body going back to normal?
And she was not having unsafe sex, she was taking the pill, and was not warned about the anti-bio (although i thought it was common knowledge), I fail to see what she did wrong for you to give her this advice.