Can You Sleep Your Way to Conception?
Expert Q & A
The TTC Community
Sing, Sing a Song? 
Real Mom Tips
Celebrity Parenting
Your Baby Book
1st Birthday Recipes
Baby Shower Fun
Good Toddler Apps
Gifts for Newborns
Baby Slings
Snooki Says... 
Work-Life Balance
WHAM-
I had a traumatic delivery and am trying to get my periods regulated with birth control pills. My breasts have become tender and bigger. I'm worried that I'm pregnant, even though the pregnancy test was negative. Any advice?
-
Being on the birth control pill is called "pseudopregnancy," because it suppresses ovulation by making the body think it's pregnant. It does this by supplying enough hormones (like in pregnancy) so that the events leading up to ovulation aren't stimulated to occur.
But because being on the pill is a pseudopregnancy, you can get similar symptoms as pregnancy, like breast enlargement and tenderness, nausea, swelling, etc. Let your health care provider make the call, but you're probably just sensitive to that particular pill. Try another one at your doctor's recommendation.
- BabyZone
- Being Pregnant
- Pregnancy Symptoms
- Q&A: Pseudopregnancy
Q&A: I'm on the Pill but I feel like I'm pregnant. Am I?
from beyond babyzone:
Use a Facebook account to add a comment, subject to Facebook's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your Facebook name, profile photo and other personal information you make public on Facebook (e.g., school, work, current city, age) will appear with your comment. Comments, together with personal information accompanying them, may be used on BabyZone.com and other Disney media platforms. Learn More.