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Antibiotics and the Pill. Pregnant?

QUESTION

Dear Midwife,
I had my ACL reconstructed on June 9th of this year (knee surgery) and know that they would've given my anti-biotics to fight infections. I am on the pill and had my period about a week and a half ago. But for the past two weeks have been quite nauseous no matter what time of day; whether I eat or don't eat. Is it possible to be pregnant?

ANSWER

Yes, it is possible you're pregnant but if you told them you were on the pill, they should have either given you medications that don't conflict with your pills or told you to use an alternate method for the rest of the month. It's best to take a pregnancy test just to be sure, as you need care if you did become pregnant

-- Cynthia, CNM. PhD.

Cynthia Flynn

Cynthia Flynn, CNM. PhD, is the General Director of the Family Health and Birth Center which provides prenatal, birth, postnatal, gynecological and primary health care to underserved women and their families in Washington, D.C. Recently Cynthia served as Associate Professor of Nursing at Seattle University. There she not only taught, but remained in full scope clinical midwifery practice at Valley Medical Center where she cared for pregnant and birthing women, and practices well-woman gynecology, family planning, and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.

Cynthia founded Columbia Women's Clinic and Birth Center, where she took care of pregnant women and infants up to two weeks of age and attended both birth center and hospital births. Before Cynthia earned her CNM, she worked as a registered nurse in labor and delivery and postpartum and is a certified Doula and Doula trainer.