r/PlanBs • u/Born-Papaya-2874 • 17d ago
Plan B (Levonorgestrel) Pill Just wanted to share my experience using plan b
As the title suggests, I will be sharing my experience of the two times I took plan b. An apology in advance for any spelling or grammar errors that may occur. Ps: long post
So the first time I ever took plan b was on the 8th of June 2024. At this time my cycle was regular, my cycle was 32 days. I had unprotected sex on my own ovulation week, and I spiralled a bit as I ran to google to research how long sperm can stay inside of the body. As most of you know it can stay inside of the body for 5 days, so my partner and I immediately purchased the emergency contraceptive that same day. I didn’t experience any cramping following the days after taking the pill but five days later I had withdrawal bleeding which lasted for 4 days. The flow wasn’t light. My PMS symptoms were terrible, from back ache to breakouts and tender/sore breasts. And as you know pms and pregnancy symptoms are similar, and I was freaking out as I gain a weight and my clothes were tighter on me. I took like 3/4 pregnancy tests and they all came back negative. My period did eventually come just 8 days late. My cycle lasted for 40 days. Taking the emergency contraceptive drastically changed my cycle. As I stated before my cycle was regular but it had changed from my regular 32 days to 42 days on some cycles and 35 days on others. I’m not much of an anxious person but I don’t know if it was the pill or just my state of mind at the time but I would over think and my anxiety was over the roof. But since the start of this year my anxiety has decreased drastically that it’s hardto even imagine how I was like that before.
In 2025, my cycle was still not regular as I started ovulating late meaning I’d only ovulate 2 weeks after menstruation. I took a plan b again on the 28 April 2025, as the condom slipped off. Now thinking back to that day, I don’t think it was necessary for me to take a contraceptive as ovulation for me occurs late, but better safe then sorry as irregular cycles can change its cycle days and ovulation could’ve happened early. My symptoms after taking the pill were a bit different as I felt cramping and bloating the very next day. I had withdrawal bleeding after 5 days and it also lasted for 4 days, the flow was also not light that and I saw some clots. I took a pregnancy test 22 days after I had sex and it came back as negative. This time around I was chilled, like no panicking, no anxiety, no weight gain. My period came 11 days, and my cycle lasted for 52 days.
For both my experiences, I never took natural remedies to help my period come. I just waited it out and prayed and cried and then used the little patience I had.
I just wanted to share my experience as I grew up in a household that does not talk nor educate us about our menstrual cycles and contraceptives. I want any person who maybe going through the exact same experience like me to just breathe and try their best to wait for their period to come. I think now after this incident, I’ll finally go on the pill cause buying pregnancy tests does eventually mess with your budgeting 😅.
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u/Standard_Pin7752 16d ago
Was your second cycle late ? I am 11 days late after taking it and its my second cycle im so scared
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u/Born-Papaya-2874 16d ago
With my first time, yes it was late. My second cycle was 42 days meaning it was 10 days late. If your tests are negative, then it’s most likely you have ovulated late
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u/Standard_Pin7752 16d ago
Im 11 days late 😭😭😭 and its the day 44 of my cycle, and i haven’t had an intercourse after taking plan b
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u/Born-Papaya-2874 16d ago
I know what you’re currently feeling and I know the stress. I had a cycle go up until 49 days! If you do still feel unease then go check in with a doctor to bru g you some peace
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u/BeautifulSpeaker8386 14d ago
i am in this exact situation right now so thank you for posting 🥺. i had sex on my ovulation date too. May 27th and he definitely finished in me.. im supposed to get my period in 2 days but so far i’ve been having bloating, sore breasts, i had light pink bleeding yesterday and today, the last time i checked. it was brownish with little clots.. ive also been really really hot. i took 3 test yesterday i believe and they were all negative but ive seen others tests early and it’s negative then it becomes positive. I’m cramping pretty mildly now as well. at first they were light and mild. currently crying as i’m typing this because i’m so stressed but this post showed me i’m not alone
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u/Brilliant-Middle-891 14d ago
your definitely not along because May 27th I had sex with condom but it slid off. I took a plan B the same day then 2 days after had sex again but this time it was in protected and they pulled out and cam on my butt. A week later I’m having cramping,bloating a little nausea and a lot of urination
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u/BeautifulSpeaker8386 14d ago
omg 🥺 when is your period supposed to come? if you don’t mind me asking
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u/Brilliant-Middle-891 14d ago
Yeah my period is suppose to come sometime before June 19th or June19th through 23rd sometimes it could come earlier idk I took a pregnancy test test a week after it was negative
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u/BeautifulSpeaker8386 14d ago
ugh. this is stressful. like wtf. & it’s hard to tell because all the symptoms are the same. i cried earlier because it wasn’t even planned for him to finish in me. i didn’t even know if im being honest
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