Spotting two weeks before my period... Why?

Question

I had sex on September 30th, a few days after my last period. I'm not supposed to start again until about October 19th. But on 10/7, I started to get really moody and mildly crampy. Last night, 10/7, I started spotting. Usually, when I start spotting it gets heavy really fast... Today, 10/8, I feel dizzy, tired, nausea, bloated, I have been unusally burping and I slept until 1:00pm... I am still only lightly spotting. I'm on birth control but I have just taken two round of antibiotics. Could I be pregnate?

Answer 1

Sounds like implantation bleeding


What does implantation bleeding or spotting look like?

Implantation bleeding, also called implantation spotting, does not look like a regular menstrual period. Implantation bleeding is scanty and usually pink or brownish discharge.
Implantation bleeding or menstrual period?

Implantation bleeding normally occurs a week to a few days before your period would normally start. Spotting that occurs around a week after ovulation is likely implantation bleeding; whereas, spotting that occurs very close to the time that your period would normally start may not be. A normal menstrual cycle generally starts off light and then gets heavier. Spotting can sometimes be the sign of an early period. If this is the case, the spotting will pick up to heavier bleeding. If you have spotting right around the time your period would normally start, it can be more confusing. You will need to take the wait and see approach or take a pregnancy test to determine pregnancy.
What if I feel like my period is about to start?

If you have had spotting and think it might be implantation bleeding you may be paying very close attention to your body. If you are trying to get pregnant, the good news is that early pregnancy symptoms feel very similar to the start of your period. If you are pregnant you may begin to notice symptoms of early pregnancy right around the time your period would normally start and sometimes sooner than that. If you suspect pregnancy you can test for pregnancy as early as ten days after ovulation.
How common is implantation bleeding?

Implantation bleeding is fairly common with pregnancy. Twenty to thirty percent of women will have spotting during early pregnancy. If you have some light spotting before your period would normally start this is not something to worry about and may be a sign of pregnancy.




Also most woman ovulate around the 14 to 17 day after thier period. So its very possible BC is NOT 100% effective. Of course if you've been sick or stressed it could be why. Or it could just be your birth control. BEst take a home pregnancy test. best wishes

Answer 2

Spotting Week Before Period

Answer 3

Spotting Before Period

Answer 4

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If it's two weeks before your period, it's a little too early to test. You will have to wait until at least one week before (when you can take First Response). That said, you may be pregnant, but it could also be that you are just spotting in between periods, which is normal even if it's never happened to you before. Unfortunately, waiting is the only answer.

Answer 5

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Spotting two weeks before my period... Why?
I had sex on September 30th, a few days after my last period. I'm not supposed to start again until about October 19th. But on 10/7, I started to get really moody and mildly crampy. Last night, 10/7, I started spotting. Usually, when I start spotting it gets heavy really fast... Today, 10/8, I...

Answer 6

The first poster has given you a very good answer.

Regarding antibiotics and birth control pills: antibiotics can decrease the effectiveness of birth control pills. Why? How?

Very simply put, birth control pills are "absorbed" in your intestines via digestive bacteria. Antibiotics decrease intestinal bacteria; therefore, the birth control pills may pass through the intestines without being properly absorbed. The process is actually much more complex, but that puts it simply and bluntly.

Therefore, it you are on birth control pills and are taking antibiotics, you should always use an alternate form of birth control.

There isn't a lot of data out there about antibiotics and birth control pills. Understandably, it's difficult to get women to volunteer for a study that might result in an unplanned pregnancy!

Answer 7

Antibiotics prevent the hormones in your birth control pill from being metabolised properly (they kind of shut down the liver enzyme that deals your pill), so you effectively haven't taken your pill for the time that you were on antibiotics. That can lead to breakthrough bleeding - and pregnancy.

Also antibiotics can kill the good beneficial bacteria in your guts - leading to bloating and burping and nausea.

It's not the digestive bacteria that gets you to absorb the pill - it's a liver enzyme pathway - cytochrome P450. Penicillin-based antibiotics, grapefruit juice, tobacco, St Johns Wort, anti-fungals, anti-convulsants, and barbituates, all are inhibitors of this pathway, meaning that the drugs in your pill can't be processed (they kind of shut down the factory). If the drugs don't get processed then your body can't use them,

I'm a pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics study volunteer.

Answer 8

You could have what is known as "breakthrough bleeding". It happens about 2 weeks before your regular period should start. It is caused by birth control pills which are not strong enough for you. If this is the case, your OB/GYN will prescribe a different pill for you.

I'd make an appointment and have yourself checked out.

Answer 9

some meds will cancel out birth control so i would get a test and see. and if it says ur not. could be stress.

Answer 10

it's probably just the antibiotics.