QuestionHi. On April 1st I had an abortion, I was around 13 weeks pregnant at the time. A week after the abortion I started my birth control pills, (the same pills I had been on before the abortion) trycyclin low. I recieved my period after taking the first month, although it was very light and lasted only about a day and a half.
During that period, I got/was on medication for a uti, with the pills ending a couple days after I had begun taking my birth control pills again. After the uti cleared, I found out that I had a yeast infection, which I treated with an over the counter pill perscribed by a doctor.
It is now the third day I have been off the pill (my second period after the abortion), and my period normally starts the morning of the second day. I'm scared that I may be pregnant again, since I was taking antibiotics and not using a second form of contraception while having sex, but am also aware that sometimes periods are missed as a result of abortions.
Thank-you for your time.
AnswerHi, Courtney,
I would say you may be a pretty good guesser, since you are aware that antibiotics can render contraception ineffective.
You have been seriously abusing your body. Abortion is dangerous and can kill you or do serious damage. Birth control pills aren't innocuous, either. You also have shown that you have had two infections, so clearly, your body is reacting to the way in which you have undermined its integrity and resistance.
Given all of that, I would suggest that you do test for pregnancy in a few days. But please don't abuse your body any more! You deserve better.
Please think carefully about how you got into this situation to begin with. Although a woman can deal with pregnancy with an abortion, nasty sexually transmitted diseases are not so easy to deal with, and you're wide open. Birth control pills make a woman more susceptible.
The long term consequences of abortion can also be horrendous, including making it impossible for you to have a normal pregnancy in the future, or causing breast cancer when you are in your 40's. If you have a history of breast cancer in your family, and this was your first pregnancy, you are very much at risk; getting it is a virtual certainty. If abortion isn't really what you wanted, there are certainly better ways to deal with an unplanned pregnancy. The fact you waited until 13 weeks makes me wonder if this might be the case. And this also doesn't deal with the emotional aftermath. A woman is at increased risk of dying a violent death in the year following abortion, several times normal. It can be from suicide, homicide, auto accident, abuse of drugs or alcohol, anorexia or bulimia, or can cause self-abuse such as cutting. It's not worth it! So if you ARE pregnant again, please don't do that again! Also, please be aware that when a woman gets into a cycle of repeat abortions, it doesn't stop until she either can't get pregnant at all, or carries a baby to term, or abstains.
Have a talk with your partner. He has a responsibility to protect you, rather than taking advantage of you. Granted, sex causes pleasure. It also is intended for making babies. :)
I can offer you some good resources. Please let me know if you need this help. Let me know what is happening with you. You might be "lucky" and just be experiencing the consequences of the disruption of your hormones caused by the abortion, or by stress, or any combination. So I'm hoping for the best for you. Stay safe!
