by Kat
I'm not pregnant. But I had to take a test this month for the first time ever. Then, I took two more.

I started taking Yaz a few months before the wedding because I wanted to see if it would fix my monthly breakouts. After 2 years with the copper IUD I was tired of nasty cycles and bad skin - feeling gross and self-conscious took up the better part of my month and I definitely didn't want bad skin at the wedding.

But I didn't want to take out the IUD without being sure I had an alternate solution that worked for me, so I doubled up for a while. And the Yaz did work, so after about three months, I had the IUD removed.

The following month, I had one negligible period and then completely missed the next one. I'd always been regular with all the other pills I'd taken (Lo-Ovral, Ortho-Cyclen) for years. I hadn't missed any of the Yaz to my knowledge, but we were still freaking out.

We aren't trying to conceive, despite all of our good friends' ribbing that I'll be pregnant within 6 months of the wedding. It's just not a good time - Justin starts his new job in the new year, we're paying off some accrued debt, and we just want to focus on our LIVES for a while.

So when I missed my period, we were forced to acknowledge that there never really IS a good time, and now is as good a time as any. To be honest, my greatest fear was not that I was pregnant, it was that we weren't TRYING to conceive and so I'd been drinking/drunk quite recently.

But, two weeks and three evenly spaced tests later, there was no positive result and no period. So I guess this is just my lot while on Yaz. I can't really complain... it's a welcome reprieve after two hellish years with that IUD, but it will take some getting used to.

I'm not pregnant. But after thinking I might be, it's not such a scary concept any more.

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Tomorrow morning we leave on an early flight to spend Thanksgiving with Justin's family. Back Monday!

Back Monday.

Posted on November 25, 2008 @ 10:36 PM | 3 comments

Comments:

Choosing to de-lurk on this one. Been there. I'm on Zovia. Right about the time my bf and I decided to stop having sex (long-ish story) I stopped getting my period.It's not a good feeling to wonder about that-- but thank goodness we have over the counter tests now. Quick answers are a definite good thing in my book.

Plus, now that you know it's "normal" on Yaz-- isn't not getting a period a nice perk? Hm, unless it makes you wonder every month.

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Blogger ka1t_lyn, at 8:15 PM, November 26, 2008  

pregnant!!
yay!
i get worried about how much birth-defect risks go up as we women age. i'm 27 and single, so, yeah. worried.

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:47 PM, November 28, 2008  

I think you might recall I had a similar scare a while back. Glad to hear youre not carrying at this time... it is weird mix of scary and exciting right? Stupid hormones!

By Blogger Broke-ass Bride, at 4:01 PM, December 10, 2008  

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