instruction: hello doctor I am one week late as of today for my menstrual period currently my cycle is 38 days I have been having protected sexual intercourse the past month but just recently day 35 of my cycle the condom of my partner leaked at the base so I immediately took emergency contraceptive which is four birth control pills at am then another four birth control pills at am the following morning I started feeling the side effects but I am worried since my period is a week late already and I just woke up at am on day 38 unable to sleep with a weird feeling in my stomach and I am extremely constipated with tender breasts and feel sick overall I would like to know if my period will come soon if there is a possibility I am pregnant or if I am just feeling all these symptoms due to hormone imbalances what I should do in this whole situation since I am very worried about it
output: hello yes you are right your period will come soon and that is most likely possibility your symptoms can be due to both pregnancy and or hormones because in pregnancy there is increase in amount of hormones and you just take higher dose of hormones and symptoms you are experiencing is due to the higher level of hormones in your body which can be due to both reasons but it is more likely that symptoms are due to the pills you had taken because if it is due to pregnancy then pregnancy must be due to earlier intercourse which was protected so there are very fewer chances of failure in that case and right now your periods also get extended due to the pills you had taken basically in this situation you should do a urine pregnancy test and see if it comes positive then it is due to the failure of previous precautions and if it turns to be negative then just wait for seven more days and periods will come and even after that if your symptoms are increasing in two days then you need to go for a test for confirmation to clear the confusion drink more water and do not take much tension with your history it is more likely that it is just delayed menses due to emergency pills and side effects of oral hormones your period can be irregular for one or two cycles