Help i'm on depo?!
Question:
Help i'm on depo?
i am 16 and I got my first depo shot on march 2nd after going though 3 painful periods in one month and I had my 2nd depo on may31st. I no longer have periods due to side effects, but I am now in my 4th month of depo and I am constantly sick at my stomach and my abdomen is tighting...increasingly over the last 4 mo. I know no birth control is 100%...and my boyfriend and I never have protected sex...is there any way I maybe preg? I have seen several comments about women getting preg and having children on depo
(I was on the patch b4 depo & I weighted in at 185 lbs when i went in for having several periods and my doc. said the patch doesn't work if you weigh over 150 thats why i had more periods)
Answers:
I was on Depo for about 1 1/2years. I loved it except for weight gain. I gained like 30lbs. ug! I never had my period or any other side effects, and I didn't get pregnant. I stopped for two reasons. Once the weight gain, which I lost once I stopped, and two the bone density loss that can occur with depo. I didn't even know at the time, but you should be taking calcium supplements to make up for the bone density loss. Otherwise when you are older you are higher risk for Osteoporosis. Anyways, in regaurds to your question, as long as you have been getting your shot exactly when you were scheduled to, then it's really unlikly that you are pregnant. Depo is really on the top of the list for protection, and unless you are late getting your shot it's a small chance you would get pregnant. I would guess that your symptoms are either due to a different issue, or your body just doesn't like have 3 months worth of birth control in your system, that's enough to make you nauseous And have abdomen pains. If it continues then maybe you should try the pill or the nuva ring. I also did pills for a long time, but now I'm on the nuva ring. I love it so far, I had some nausea on the pills. But so far now (in month 2) I'm liking the ring. Read up online so you know if you want a new kind of method after this round of the depo.