Period starting and stopping again! if you can help please do?

Question:

I have been on birth control for 2 years now, since the birth of our daughter. Now my period was 3 days late and it will start for about 5min and than it will stop for a couple of hours and than it will start again. My question is will a period like this mess up the results of a home pregnancy test? If so when should i take it after the period stops (1day, two days etc.)? If you could help me i would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!

Answers:
you need to go see a gyn or your regular doctor immediately. im not joking. this could be serious. especially if youre having bad cramps.

This might be a bit weird, but I'm chinese and my family is very traditional. Some of these things just might work for you too!

First, are you eating enough? Periods stop because your body does not have enough food sometimes. Try to eat a lot of meat too, to help your blood circulate.

Try not to eat or drink cold things like ice cream or soda with ice. It can make really bad cramps and supposedly stop your period for a while too, but thats on rare occasions...

Exercising helps a lot, you have to keep up with the blood flow. Even walking helps too.

But if this doesn't work, then definitely go see a gyn.

I don't think it will mess up results of a home pregnancy test. Sometimes there is "implantation bleeding" which is a lighter red (almost pink) that is more like spotting when the embryo embeds itself in the uterine lining. If you're pregnant, the home pregnancy test will pick it up 99% of the time the day of your missed period. If you want to know for sure, take a blood test, the hormone levels double every 2 days. It may be possible the pills you are on are not right for your body anymore. You may need to talk to your doctor about switching brands.

Period starting and stopping again! if you can help please do?

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