QuestionI had an abortion 9 weeks ago and I havent gotten my period yet. The day of my abortion i got the bieth control shot but a week after the abortion i had sex with my partner i got scared it was too soon after the shot to have sex so i took the morning pill. After that week ove been having sex weekly bur its now been 9 weeks and period. Ove taken two pregnancy test and both have come baca negative. Now im expiriencing Brown discharge! What do I do???
AnswerHello, Marcie,
The problem is you have really messed up your hormones with having an abortion and now with the birth control shot and the morning after pill. Nobody knows what is going on with your body, and nobody will be able to tell you anything over the internet. You will need for a doctor to test your hormones. Brown discharge can be old blood, or it could be something more serious, like an infection. You need to have it checked out.
The shot is really bad for a woman's body. It also makes it much more likely she will get a sexually transmitted disease, because it changes the body's chemistry. You really need to stop having sex so you won't live in fear of pregnancy. Your partner needs to respect you and respect your body. You shouldn't have to take such horrible medical risks to avoid pregnancy, and he has no right to expect it of you. If he isn't willing to protect you from these risks, he doesn't truly love you, and you would be better off with someone else. Since you are bonded to him, this won't be an easy situation. But he should never have put you at risk in the first place. You deserve better.
Women react differently to the shot. You cannot expect to have a regular period that appears normal as long as you have those chemicals in your body. So the only thing I can tell you is that you need to find a decent doctor and let him work with you to get things back to normal. Don't go back to whoever supplied your abortion. He has poor medical judgment and cannot be trusted. Abortion is bad medicine because it hurts women. A doctor who would do one on a woman isn't treating her like a patient, but a sale.
There are organizations all over the United States that help women. They can provide you with a contact to a good doctor. You can find one near you by going to this web site:
http://www.optionline.org/
The links to the lists are on the right.
Because of what you have done to your body, you already have greater medical risks than you would have. You are more at risk for breast cancer, auto-immune disease, sterility, birth defects in your future children, and other risks. You may have emotional consequences. If you do, please go to your local organization for help.
Please take care of yourself. Let me know how you do.
