Strange period after plan b?

[Liz]

I'm on birth control as well, but just for extra precaution I took plan b. I took it on the last day of my active pills in my pack. My period came two days late, but I had bad cramps, a little bloating, fatigue and moodiness pretty bad that week. I started my active pills and also got my period yesterday and It was dark and heavy. I filled up a pad so I know it wasn't just spotting, but today it is like I am on my last day. It is really light. Is this normal? or is it side effects from taking all the extra hormones?

[Ray]

Ms. Liz, I read your statement. Twice. I got a fresh cupful of coffee. Read it once more. Went online and did some reading. I found this, which you could also have located using Google.
What is Plan B?


Plan B tablets contain the medicine levonorgestrel, a female hormone that prevents ovulation (the release of an egg from an ovary). This medication also causes changes in your cervical mucus and uterine lining, making it harder for sperm to reach the uterus and harder for a fertilized egg to attach to the uterus.

Plan B is used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex or failure of other forms of birth control (such as condom breakage, or missing 2 or more birth control pills).

Plan B may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Important information about Plan B

Do not use Plan B if you are already pregnant. Plan B will not terminate a pregnancy that has already begun (the fertilized egg has attached to the uterus).


Plan B is not intended for use as a routine form of birth control and should not be used in this manner. Talk with your doctor about the many forms of birth control available.

Do not give this medication to anyone younger than 17 years old. Contact a doctor for medical advice.

My interpretation or understanding is that it was totally unnecessary for you to administer Plan B. Also note, this is a proper name of a medication. Please capitalize all proper names. You did not mention you skipped any birth control pills. Ms. Liz, I also did some readings as to psychological consequences of boys and girls entering sexual relations without proper education, preparation as to considering the possible consequences and as to the average ages that kids in the USA are having sexual relations. You did not include your ages. But it seems as if starting high school, ages 13 to 14, is now a threshold as to sex. Over 50%, more or less depending on social, economic and cultural factors, of, and this was the shocker to me, GIRLS, have self imposed on themselves the concept, the idea, the value, that IF they are virgins, past that year, that somehow that is a "loser" status. Combined with the "single" status on social media, these hugely powerful forces drive, force, imposed, demand, etc. that girls must have some form of sex. In your case you procured birth control pills. Very smart. However, you failed to read the instructions or information as to how these pills work. You also have not researched the subject of Human Sexual Reproduction. This is not a secret, nor a puzzle, nor a mystery. How do I know? Sure. I know because in your mind, even without birth control pills, you are subject to pregnancy any time, any day, any week. This is incorrect. Here is the worse part, Ms. Liz. All you had to do, perhaps years ago when you started to have sexual desires, or started puberty, was to have some curiosity as to how females get pregnant. No, the answer is not sex with a man. The answer is that a woman must be fertile and that happens only for 48 hours per cycle. Out of 28 to 30 days in your cycle you can get pregnant during two days. Two entire whole days and that is the maximum. For many females it is much less. Tie that information to your declaration that you had this sex as you completed the active pills. What does that mean to you? You are lacking tons of needed, vital and specific information. Therefore, the fear set in, the doubt, the lack of trust on the science of the birth control pills. So you took Plan B. And I bet you also have little information, from medical sources, not from equally ignorant friends, as to what is Plan B, how it works, etc. Ms. Liz, the mental, psychological, emotional trauma of this first sexual event you suffered was not worth the act.