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Does Pregnacare Conception Mess Up With Regular Periods?
I've always had a normal regular cycle despite being diagnosed with PCOS 7 years ago. I am now 31 and lately a gyno told me that I do not have PCOS but PCO-like ovaries. I was never overweight or obese, I don't have hirsutism, I never missed a period and I had acne which got cured with Roaccutane (the same gyno said that PCOS acne doesn't go away with Roaccutane.) I got pregnant naturally in May but had a miscarriage in June (at 5 weeks, HCG levels were not doubling) then I started taking pregnacare conception and I got pregnant again in July (before letting one full cycle pass) but miscarried on August 21st at 8 weeks and had to do D&C on August 23rd to get rid of the remains of the last pregnancy which weren't coming out naturally. A week after miscarrying and the D&C - when the bleeding started to stop I resumed taking pregnacare conception and all of a sudden I started bleeding again for another week. 28 days after the miscarriage, I got my first period (on Sept 16) and the bleeding lasted for 19 days and now my period is 7 days late and am starting to freak out that Pregnacare Conception has messed up my cycle as I've always been regular and always had 6 to 7 days of bleeding.By the way, I just took a home pregnancy test now and it came out negative. Is Pregnacare Conception a bad product?
Thu, 15 Dec 2016
Hello, and I hope I can help you today.
Pregnacare Conception is simply a combination of vitamins that help a woman have a healthy pregnancy from conception. It has no hormonal effects and should not have any impact on the regularity of your cycle nor your ability to conceive,
It is not unusual for women to bleed on and off for even 6 weeks after a miscarriage so the 19 day bleeding episode you had may not have actually been a menstrual period but still could have been bleeding leftover for your D and C. So you may not be "late" at all, but may just have not had a real period since the pregnancy. There is no reason to assume you would have problems getting pregnant again since you have conceived naturally twice in the last year.
Either way, the Pregnacare Conception vitamins have nothing to do with your irregular bleeding. It is generally advisable to wait to try to conceive again after your first real period- so I would wait until you bleed again to resume trying to conceive. If you do not get a real period by 3 months from your last bleeding episode, you should follow up for your GYN for a re-evaluation of your hormones and treatment with progesterone, which can restart your period cycling.
I hope I was able to adequately answer your question today and that this information was helpful.
Best wishes,
Dr. Brown
Pregnacare Conception is simply a combination of vitamins that help a woman have a healthy pregnancy from conception. It has no hormonal effects and should not have any impact on the regularity of your cycle nor your ability to conceive,
It is not unusual for women to bleed on and off for even 6 weeks after a miscarriage so the 19 day bleeding episode you had may not have actually been a menstrual period but still could have been bleeding leftover for your D and C. So you may not be "late" at all, but may just have not had a real period since the pregnancy. There is no reason to assume you would have problems getting pregnant again since you have conceived naturally twice in the last year.
Either way, the Pregnacare Conception vitamins have nothing to do with your irregular bleeding. It is generally advisable to wait to try to conceive again after your first real period- so I would wait until you bleed again to resume trying to conceive. If you do not get a real period by 3 months from your last bleeding episode, you should follow up for your GYN for a re-evaluation of your hormones and treatment with progesterone, which can restart your period cycling.
I hope I was able to adequately answer your question today and that this information was helpful.
Best wishes,
Dr. Brown
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