Patient's Query
Hello doctor,
I was involved in intercourse with my girlfriend last month, four days after her period on the safer days. She has also taken Postpone 72, two days after the intercourse. I am concerned as she has had a headache and vomiting sensation for a week even though she has taken Postpone 72. Will this be a sign of pregnancy? Kindly help.
Thank you.
Hello,
Welcome to icliniq.com.
I can understand your concern.
In general, ovulation in a female occurs around the 12th to 16th day of the period and the life of the egg is 24 hours and that of sperm is 72 hours. This can help in calculating the safe periods. Ovulation day is determined based on your period duration. For a lady with 28 28-day cycles, ovulation will be on day 14, that is 14 days before periods. So if your cycle is regularly 30 days, ovulation is on day 16, and so on. The first day of bleeding is day 1 of the cycle.
If the cycle is irregular, the duration of ovulation can be calculated as the longest cycle minus 8 and, the shortest cycle minus 11. For example, if your longest cycle is 34 days and the shortest cycle is 27 days, it will be calculated as 34-8 = 26, 27-11 = 16, So the ovulation can occur in between the 16th to 26th day.
An emergency pill is a high dose of progesterone hormone, the same hormone that is produced in your body in the second half of the period after ovulation. This pill will suddenly increase the thickness of the inner lining of the uterus, making it unfavorable for a possible pregnancy to implant. As it is a single dose, it has no strength to stand on, so it falls off and the periods or bleeding of the increased thickness occurs within 7 to 10 days of taking the pill. This bleeding will be thick, fleshy pieces, dark red or brown, with slight lower abdominal pain till the bleeding is reduced. Usually, the signs of pregnancy start only immediately after the missed date. A urine pregnancy test will be positive, one day after the expected date of periods. Headache and vomiting occurring after 14 to16 days of periods will not be a symptom of pregnancy.
I hope this information will help you.
Thank you.
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Answered byDr. Balakrishnan. R
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