On August 24th I had unprotected sex with my boyfriend he didn't finish inside me. I've been on the depo shot for a month already my periods have always been super irregular sometimes i don't get them for a month, but two days ago I started getting light cramps with brown discharge it's still happening right now. I know the depo shot makes your body seem like it's pregnant so it doesn't actually get pregnant is that what's happening or is it that I can be pregnant. I have no other symptoms but the brown discharge which isn't a lot not even enough to fill a panty liner and cramps.
Light cramps with brown discharge?
Question posted by Dec25 on 5 Sep 2016
Last updated on 27 October 2018
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LousArk
5 Sep 2016
These are all common symptoms until you've had 2 or 3 shots. It's a huge does of artificial hormone, & it takes most women that time for their body to adjust. You may get spotting or bleeding.
Eventually, most women's periods stop altogether.
Dec25
5 Sep 2016
Thank you for answering. So this brown discharge is common and not a sign of pregnancy ?
LousArk
5 Sep 2016
Yes.
Dec25
9 Sep 2016
Today I woke up a bit nauseous, is that apart of the symptoms of the depo or pregnancy ?
LousArk
9 Sep 2016
It could be a symptom of either. Depo Provera provides the same hormone (albeit artificial) that would have been more present in a woman's body, if she was pregnant, in order to trick the body, so she does not conceive.
If you're worried, do a pregnancy test, but if it's positive, get a blood pregnancy test done by the doc, as Depo Provera can give false-positive tests, because of the similarities.
Dec25
9 Sep 2016
Is there any chance I could be ? The spotting has been going on for about 4 days now.
LousArk
9 Sep 2016
The only way you'll be pregnant is either:
a) You didn't wait the required time, if you got your shot outside of the first 5 days of your menstrual period (7 days).
b) You may have been pregnant before you got your first shot.
Kristianheart
27 Oct 2018
It’s been 5 weeks since I got the birth control shot I am sexually active but I have been experiencing brown discharge and I don’t know what’s the cause of that .
LousArk
27 Oct 2018
If you don't know the cause of that, despite reading this thread, then I'm afraid there's nothing I can add to help you understand.
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