Plan B One-Step and Bleeding: What Users Say (Page 2)

• ave...
• January 6, 2021

For Emergency Contraception "Girls, girls, girls. Plan B works. Period. Point. Blank. When I took Plan B my first time, I literally felt so alone and clueless, and these reviews gave me comfort-so here's my own... So, midnight of Nov 21st, I had unprotected sex and was not able to get to a Walgreens until Nov 23. I have heard everyone's body responds to the pill differently, and for me, I had it BAD. I had hot/cold flashes, EXTREME fatigue (I'm talking sleeping until 12 pm every day), bloating, back pains... Literally, nothing could convince me I wasn’t pregnant. Exactly 4 days later, I experienced a mini period that lasted just around 5 days. I DID NOT get a period at all in December (started to have mini panic attacks), then FINALLY, on Jan 4th, I got my period!!! P.S. I usually never get PMS or symptoms, and if I do, it's tolerable-but my period after Plan B gave me cramps, headaches, heavy bleeding-but hey, that's the price you pay for being a woman. Abstinence is key, my friends. Abstinence is key."

• Eas...
• January 13, 2014

For Emergency Contraception "My girlfriend has taken this product three different times. The first time, she had withdrawal bleeding for a week, two days after use. The other two times, she didn't bleed at all but suffered from extreme nausea, bloating, headaches, etc. This product truly works, as two-thirds of the times we had to use it were the most fertile times of her cycle. Recommend this product to anyone."

• xxx...
• October 17, 2019

For Emergency Contraception "Another success story I hope might ease your mind! I'm a naive 18-year-old who had unprotected sex with her ex-boyfriend. He did not finish inside of me, but pre-cum is very much capable, so I took Plan B 48 hours after the fact. Felt completely normal after taking it, but was going crazy with the Google searches and crying over the 'what ifs' (don't do this!). A week after taking it, I bled dark brown blood lightly for 3 days on and off. Two weeks after taking it, I started to get bad headaches every day. Three weeks after taking it, the cramping kicked in, and I was starting to worry a ton again. Now it's been 4 weeks, and I've gotten my period a week before expected! Biggest relief ever. Trust the process, don't overthink, and maybe even say a few prayers (:"

• Viv...
• January 7, 2020

For Emergency Contraception "Reading a majority of these comments made me feel a lot better, so I promised myself I’d come back and share my experience too. My boyfriend and I had an accident two weeks ago where we found out that the condom broke after he had fully come inside me. I’m not on any birth control, and I’m 23 and fertile. We panicked, and roughly 20 minutes later, I took Plan B. The next day, I felt super sick and nauseous, and the days following, I also started cramping. I was so worried I was pregnant because my period wouldn’t come, and my periods are irregular, so I wasn’t sure when/if it would come. Also, I’ll note that I have painful ovulation cramps, so I was very scared that I was already ovulating, which could render the Plan B ineffective (read the fine print, kids). Finally, on the 5th day after taking Plan B, my period came. I’ve been bleeding pretty heavily for the past 4 days, but I’ll take it over being pregnant any day! God is so good, and I definitely learned my lesson!"

• ble...
• October 10, 2019

For Emergency Contraception "Really just on here searching for anyone who's had an experience like me because I’m beginning to get worried. My boyfriend and I had our accident on Sept. 21st, but were able to get Plan B within 30 minutes. The next night I began spotting, which I heard was normal, but it’s now October 10th and I’ve been spotting/bleeding nonstop. Last week there were 3 days where I had noticeably brighter blood (as in it was really red like period blood would be), but then it just went back to this brownish blood. It hasn’t stopped one day, and it’s hard for me to tell if this is/was my period or if something is just wrong."

• pha...
• June 4, 2013

For Emergency Contraception "Took Plan B One-Step 2 days after sex. Gave me extremely bad cramps, dizziness, light-headedness, very heavy bleeding, and my cycle lasted about 9 days. I should have gotten pregnant, however, I'm not pregnant, and the short-term side effects are nothing compared to pregnancy symptoms and having a baby. And once again, I'm not pregnant!"

• ano...
• February 11, 2017

For Emergency Contraception "Thought I'd share my experience with you all, as these reviews helped me. We had unprotected sex on the 15th day (counting day 1 as the beginning of her period) of a regular 28-day cycle. It was during ovulation/fertile window. She took the pill within 1 hour. I was worried because I read it doesn't work during/after ovulation time, but two doctors told me it works very effectively during the fertile window, granted taken within 72 hours and no sex afterward. Her side effects only lasted one day, and she got no bleeding. Her period was one day late. This pill is highly effective, so do not worry too much. People who are trying their best to conceive only have a 30% chance at best, so the odds are already in your favor to begin. Good luck, and don't stress."

• Mas...
• November 18, 2019

For Emergency Contraception "I would just like to share my experience using Plan B. I just want to add that I'm 23 years old, and I have probably taken this pill a bit since I've started to have sex. My last period was on October 3rd-8th. I had sex on the 16th of October and took Plan B about 15 hours later. I usually never really get any other symptoms other than maybe some bleeding and cramping. Back when I first started taking the pill, I really didn't get any side effects other than maybe tingling boobs, and sometimes I would bleed. I started bleeding the 23rd-27th. This was more of like a period, it was pretty heavy. I was supposed to start my period on the 31st of October, and it never came. I didn't think that it was my period because it had a different color than my regular period. My period never came until November 17th. I wanted to just type this up and hopefully help the ladies that are having anxiety. I didn't test this time from the pill."

• Les...
• April 4, 2021

For Emergency Contraception "As everyone, I promised myself I’d make a post if Plan B worked for me. I had unprotected intercourse since the condom broke on Feb 25, a few days after my period. The next day, Feb 26, I took a Plan B, literally a week later, March 5, I got bleeding that was lighter than a usual period that lasted about 4-5 days. I had pregnancy symptoms the whole month and kept freaking myself out, WHICH DON'T DO!! I ended up taking 2 pregnancy tests and a blood test about a week before my expected period, and they were negative. However, my expected period date came and NOTHING, I started freaking out more and questioning if maybe I tested early, and I read all these stories of not knowing you’re pregnant until later on, which terrified me. So I took another test a week after my period was late, and it turned out negative. My period was 10 days late."

• blo...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 17, 2015

For Emergency Contraception "Condom broke on Saturday night, took Plan B One-Step on Sunday afternoon. After 6 symptom-free days, I started spotting on Saturday, and by Sunday, my period arrived with minor cramps and light bleeding. It takes time to work, so just relax and let the pill do its job! I'm also well over the weight guidelines (I'm 197 lbs), but it worked for me!! Thanks, Plan B!"

• Pos...
• November 24, 2014

For Emergency Contraception "For anyone who is freaking out. I am only 5 weeks postpartum, imagine that. Had sex 2-3 days after period, condom broke. Next day (less than 24 hours), I took Plan B. Now it's been a week later, and I'm bleeding and cramping! From what I see, it's normal and hopefully a good sign I'm not pregnant again!"

• mba...
• October 29, 2019

For Emergency Contraception "My periods ended on the 7th of September, and then on Tuesday, 10 September, I had unprotected sex. It was very short, but I was panicking, so I took a morning-after pill the following day, Wednesday, 11 September. A week later, on the 19th of September, I started bleeding for about 4-5 days, and I wasn't sure if it was my normal period or not, so I was panicking almost every day thinking I might be pregnant. My period started on the 16th of October, it was exactly the 28th day (from the first day I bled after taking Plan B). I hope everything works out for anyone who is worried about something."

• Anonymous
• December 29, 2014

For Emergency Contraception "My partner and I had a minor slip-up, both scared of having a baby (they're pretty expensive). I went to get a Plan B about 28 hours after the incident, scared it didn't work because I had no immediate side effects. Safe to say about 4 days after taking the pill, I had some off-and-on cramps for about a day. On the 5th day, I started bleeding for about 3-4 days. So that $46 I spent was well worth it! It works."

• Ano...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 26, 2020

For Emergency Contraception "My boyfriend and I always use condoms. I have used birth control pills before, but I stopped using them a few years ago. I was having protected sex until the condom broke, and we stopped immediately. He never came in the condom, but I am aware that you can still get pregnant with pre-cum, so I bought the Plan B the same day it happened just to be safe. I have been cramping a lot, and I was bleeding for two days, and I just got my period four days later, so it is 100% effective, and I'm glad I'm not pregnant."

• The...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 20, 2021

For Emergency Contraception "(The first review I wrote was too long, so I can’t go over my entire experience and all of the tips, but I’ll try my best). The pregnancy test came back negative, my bf and I still think we are too young to have kids. I’ve been bleeding for over ten days and somehow still alive. Though I perfectly expected to start my period late due to the pill and the anxiety on the first and second days, it started early. So, trust the pill, talk to your supports (like friends that you trust with very personal information), and pay attention to the smallest signs that separate pill side effects from pregnancy. Here are some that I know: - Implantation bleeding is after 10-14 days. - Nausea closely after taking the pill does not mean you’re pregnant, it’d take a few weeks to months before that happens. (I also recommend not believing everything you read for the negative reviews."

• 123...
• July 30, 2014

For Emergency Contraception "I'm writing this review to the girls that are exactly like me, reading everything possible about Plan B, worrying myself sick, searching about all the possibilities of pregnancy, etc. On July 6th, I took Plan B. And let me tell you I was worried. I'm only 16, and I definitely can't handle a baby. On the 11th, I got what I thought was my period, regular flow, lasted 4 days, but then I kept reading about breakthrough bleeding, so that made me worry even more since there was still a possibility of pregnancy. I would keep reading about breakthrough bleeding and how I should get my period around my regular time, more than likely a week later. Well, I usually get my period on the 25th, and yesterday, the 29th, I finally got it! So breathe, everything will be fine."

• A...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 22, 2019

For Emergency Contraception "Listen, y’all, just like the other girls. I vowed to review if I didn’t end up pregnant. So, here I am. Basically, I was having wild sex. Keep in mind I didn’t even know what a fertile window was, and I ended up being at my highest point of ovulation. Nonetheless, I took Plan B a day before my date of ovulation and had to wait it out two weeks before I knew if I was pregnant or not. Zero symptoms until... I started on time and have had the worst period I’ve had in my life. Heavy bleeding and pain, but hey, I’d rather that than a baby!"

• Nor...
• December 10, 2017

For Emergency Contraception "I finished my period on Oct. 30, and I had protected sex on Nov. 4, but the condom broke, so I took the Plan B pill an hour later. On Nov. 9, a week after taking Plan B, I had bleeding for 3 days. My period was supposed to come Nov. 26, and it never came. I was so worried and started looking for answers on Google (the worst thing to do). I was having a lot of white/transparent discharges, and I would experience some cramps here and there, which would make me think I would have my period. I finally had my period on Dec. 9, a month after taking Plan B."

• Fir...
• January 8, 2015

For Emergency Contraception "After reading so many reviews in the past couple of weeks, I felt I needed to write one given my unusual experience. I had unprotected sex the first week of December, I took Plan B within 12 hours and felt completely fine. Four days later I bled very heavily for four or five days, and figured I was safe. Then my period never came, took two pregnancy tests, both were negative, but I got so paranoid once I was a week late I went to the doctor and had a blood test, also negative, but with still no period and 'pregnancy symptoms,' I was still very concerned. FINALLY, eleven days late I started my period. Plan B can definitely throw your system very out of whack, so moral of the story, if you're anything like me, try to relax!"

• Cit...
• September 25, 2022

For Emergency Contraception "After reading all these experiences to calm my own nerves, I promised I’d write my experience and calm future girls reading this. Plan B works even when ovulating. So my boyfriend and I had sex, and he just didn’t pull out because we were both so into it. (We always use the pullout method.) Then quickly after he came in me, I remembered I was in my ovulating stage at that time (according to my Flo app). I was three days into my ovulating stage. I ran to my local drugstore and took Plan B a little over an hour after we had sex. I had no symptoms, luckily, but another time I took Plan B, I had light bleeding a few days after and had cramps and other symptoms. That’s normal too, so don’t freak out. It’s like a mini period, and it causes your period to be 1-2 weeks late. Stay off of Google. Don’t drive yourself crazy reading what Google says. Plan B works during ovulation. Good luck, my girlssss xoxo"

• Sca...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 23, 2019

For Emergency Contraception "I’m writing this because I said I would if it worked, and it did! So I took the pill an hour after it happened, I wasn’t fertile, I had just gotten off my period, so I wasn’t ovulating. However, he said he might have slipped up, so we rushed and got the pill. It’s real easy to take. However, the side effects were terrible for me. I was emotional, mean (often got into fights with my loved ones), cried days upon days. Just upright and angry. Cramps came occasionally. A week after taking the pill, I experienced withdrawal bleeding, which lasted 3 days. I didn’t get my period on time, I got it two weeks after my expected day. If taken on time, you will be fine! It works! Relax, ladies, and get protection, and don’t stress. That’s what pushed my period back and the fact that I had withdrawal bleeding. But it came! I definitely learned my lesson."

• pla...
• August 17, 2020

"Take a deep breath, Plan B works! If you’re reading these reviews, chances are you are nervous about the pill not working and are looking for reassurance! I took Plan B within 20 hours after a condom mishap. Although he pulled out, since I was within my fertility week, I was still nervous seeing the effective rate. I read basically everything on the internet and still wasn’t sure if I was in the clear. My period ended up coming 12 days early and was very light, lasting roughly 3.5 days! I thought it was Plan B bleeding, so I didn’t read into it until my period never came when scheduled (which never happens), so I took a pregnancy test which came back negative. Confused, I then decided to log the light bleeding into my Clue app to see if it was my period when the next one would come! Voilà, it came right when my app predicted! So don’t stress, it will all work out!"

• SDa...
• February 2, 2020

For Emergency Contraception "I took the Plan B pill in October of 2019. Yes, the pill worked for me because I'm not pregnant. It's now February, which makes 3 months since I have taken the Plan B pill. It took me through mood swings badly, it interfered with my cycle so badly. I used to have a cycle for 5 days straight. Now I’m having my cycle longer than 10 days with really heavy bleeding and clots. I’m getting a period every two weeks out of a month. If I should’ve been more careful and just got on birth control, I wouldn’t be dealing with these prolonged side effects I’m having from the Plan B pill. They tell you that your body should return back to normal the following month after taking Plan B. WHICH IS THE BIGGEST MISLEADING LIE EVER. Yes, I understand it does interfere with your cycle, but telling us that our bodies should be back to normal within a month is false in my case."

• Lan...
• December 28, 2019

For Emergency Contraception "My boyfriend and I had sex December 10th, and we weren’t sure if he finished in me or not, so we took a Plan B that same night to be safe. I was supposed to get my period on the 24th (according to my app), so it's only a few days past that, and I had taken the pill before, so I knew it worked. Last night (Dec 26th), I had spotting, and I was really freaking out that it was implantation bleeding, which was a NO GO because, for those of you who don’t know, it is the bleeding before pregnancy. I was up all night freaking out, thinking I was pregnant, but little did I know I was bleeding a lot. I put a regular tampon in to stop the spotting from getting through, but it wasn’t enough. I bled through, and I found clots in the blood, which meant that it was my actual period because implantation bleeding doesn’t have clots in it. All in all, trust it. If you’ve taken it within a good time frame, then you’re okay... just trust it. There may be symptoms, it’ll be okay!"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 23, 2022

For Emergency Contraception "GIRLLLLL, LEMME TELL YOU!! Plan B works! I know you will be afraid because I was. But trust me, it works. I have a long-distance relationship with my boyfriend, and he came to visit me, and the condom broke, and we were both terrified because I’m 19 and he’s 20 and we’re in a long-distance relationship. We weren’t ready to have a kid, so we got Plan B delivered. I took it not even after 30 minutes, then I checked my period app, and it said that I was on my last day of ovulation. I don’t know what else to do, so I went to my best friend, and she told me, “I read somewhere that Plan B doesn’t work on your ovulation.” So after hearing that, I started to freak out. I went to Google to see if it was true, I know, worst decision in my life. I saw all these things about how Plan B doesn’t work on your ovulation, so I started crying. But then I found this website and saw there are plenty of girls in the same boat as me. I bled, and now I finally got my period! Trust the pill!!"