The DepoProvera shot is effective for up to 13 weeks. If your injection was due December 30, you are no longer protected. Anytime you have unprotected intercourse, there is a chance of pregnancy. Since you don’t know when or how long it will take your body to ovulate and have a period, you don’t when a fertile time would be. You will ovulate before having a bleed. Some women ovulate right away after discontinuing the Depo shot, some women may take several months.
Keep in mind, a urine pregnancy test only shows positive at around 4-5 weeks (at the earliest) of pregnancy. So, if you have gotten pregnant in the past 21 days, it would probably be too soon for a urine test to be positive. Your symptoms may be due to your body adjusting to not being on the Depo, and your own cycle is beginning to start. It may just be PMS. Wait another week or two, if your period still hasn’t retuned, then repeat the pregnancy test. Keep in mind, it may take 3-9 months for your period to return on a normal monthly basis after discontinuing the shot. However, it is possible to become pregnant during this time.
In the mean time, if you are not planning to get pregnant, do not have unprotected intercourse. Use condoms, or return to you doctor/clinic to discuss another form of long term birth control.
22. January 2012
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