I'm starting to freak out...

This is one of those girl questions and I can't find any of my GFs to call, so I figured it would be smart to ask the pregnancy experts...

When you go off the pill is it common to miss a cycle?

When I was in the hospital the doctors took me off of my Ortho Evra Patch. I've now been off it for a month and I am now over a week late for AF. There is virtually NO chance I could be pregnant, unless the patch stopped working while FH was home from grad school over christmas break/january. But still...

If I am pregnant then I have a real issue. Not so much that my wedding is 6 months away, but more in the fact that I have been on massive doses of anti seizure medicine, which are a major no no for pregnancy.

I called my OB/GYN as I needed an annual anyway, but I'm really freaking out right now. I've never taken a pregnancy test, and I'm staying at my parents house and I think my parents would freak out if they caught wind of any of this. I can't drive so the only way of getting a home test is if my mom goes with me to the store, and then she'll see it.

FH is in VA and I'm in NY so I can't ask him.

PLEASE tell me it is common to miss a cycle and I'm not pregnant.

I thought I missed out on these pregnancy scares in high school/college.

I don't know but it would make sense that it would take your body some time to adjust not being on BC.

Here's some hugs..



and the ortho evra website, maybe it will have some answers

bc patch

When you made the OBGYN appointment did you ask them if it was normal? If not call back and ask them. I know after you go off the pill it can sometimes take a little bit of time to regulate back to normal.

I understand why you are so nervous, though I think that going off the pill combined with being sick and being on various medications you are just most likely late. When I went off the pill it was weird not to be 'regular' anymore.

Hang in there!!

FM Tammy. She is an OB and I am sure she knows the answer.
You can call and ask to have the dr. paged! I am sure it will be okay but with your current meds you need to know.
Do you have a friend who can take you to the store?

Ok, so I never want to go through something like this WITH MY MOTHER again! We went to Target to return her lamp and usually when we shop its do our thing and then meet up. But she stuck to my as.s like glue, so eventually towards the end of our shopping spree I piped up and said 'I need to get something from health and beauty, I'll meet you at the register', but of course she insisted on going with me, so I spilled. I told her I needed to get a pregnancy test and that the reason I didn't say anything about it earlier was that I did not want to stress her, and that this was more for my piece of mind rather than a significant chance of my being pregnant. We had a chuckle, and then as I trotted off to H&B she called after me and told me to buy the most expensive test they had and not to buy a 'cheap defective one'. (Her sick humor). Came home, peed on the stick and according to EPT I am not PG. (Took me 5 minutes to realize that I had the wrong side of the test facing up and why was I getting NO lines...but thats another story).

Still going to the MD tomorrow, but I feel so much better. I really want to be a mom, but just not now, not yet.

Thanks to all the moms who listened to my narcisistic rant today!