Combined Pill

I have been taking monofeme (combined pill) for one month now. I am currently on day 4 of the inactive pills and am yet to have any bleeding! I am unsure what to do. I know I should go to a dr, but I keep putting it off. My last cycle before starting on the pill was 56 days long, because I was found to have a cyst on my ovary. Dr said the combined pill will help this and give me regulare bleeding again. I also had started tracking temps and I O'd like 6 days before I started bleeding so I started on the pill then. I have been emotional and slightly sore BBs, also having more headaches and feeling sick in evenings. Not as bad as when I had M/S, but bad enough that I don't want to eat most of the time atm. I find I am even avoiding eating in the mornings as I am worried I will feel ill afterwards again. I have done HPT's and they are -ve. But I have gotten to 10wks pg before (with DD#2) before I got a +ve HPT! I don't think I feel pg. I think it's more wishful thinking on my behalf (even tho I know we can't do it for a yr atm). But I just don't know what is going on! The pill was meant to help me (hopefully shrink the cyst) and it doesn't seem to be doing much! I wanna go to Dr's, but DH is telling me not yet. I just don't know what to think or do atm. I am so confused and I hate that I want to be pg SOOO much when I know we just can't do it yet. I accept it. A yr is not long! But at times it seems forever and I worry that if things don't get sorted out in relation to this cyst etc, I may half my chances of having more children! Yet at the same time, I don't want to seem too worried about it because I have been told by my Dr that it's nothing serious.... Then why hasn't it righted itself yet!!??
GRRRR! So depressed and frustrated and worried and yet trying to act sane.... But I just don't feel it! I feel like an emotional wreck!

anyone have any expirience in this?

Hello, I had irregular periods when I was B/F and on the combined pill, a couple of times I panicked and went to the DR for a blood test. I wanted to know if I was pregnant before I started taking the active pills again (for baby safety) and each time it turned out I had simply skipped a period and not PG at all. The Dr had no problems with me asking for blood test, I had an answer within 24 hours and much better than sitting at home stressing for days about it!

I too have had an ovarian cyst (suspect I might have had a few more over the years as well) but they can and do go away by themselves. The pill is supposed to hold your hormones stable (hahaha I was a wreck on that pill). The one I was on was a fairly high dose monophasic (ie only one colour pill) but all those things you describe (nausea,sore bbs emotional, etc) can also be pill side effects. You might find it settles down in a couple of weeks time, but if you are worried a quick (and discreet - no need to alarm hubby) trip to the doctor could reassure you!

Good luck
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thank you Mary Dean....I think I'll sneak up tmw for a BT. I'm having to take tonight off work cause I feel so sick and tired and terrible tummy pains. Higher than anything uterus/ovary related tho.... Maybe I ate something bad? Doesn't explain last few days tho....

I'm sure you'll feel better once you have talked to the dr about it! ((hugs)) Let us know how you get on!
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well woke up this morning and AF was in full swing. Had to ask DH to bring me a towel so I could even get out of bed it was that bad! I am cramping quite badly also. It feels like how AF was before I had the kids. I used to have severe AF cramps before I had the kids. So much so that I often had to take first day off work as I just couldn't get out of bed! Since having the girls tho, AF cramps had stopped. I never knew when AF was coming and I never cramped (except for when I had the Mirena UID in for 6/7 months). I think my system doesn't like being interferred with!