Spotting Between Periods With Birth Control Posted: 08-11-07 15:36pm
I have just started birthcontrol I was on
levlen and I bleed for almost two week I
switch to orthro cyclen and I bleed a
little for about 17 days. My nurse told me
to double up on pills taking 12 hours
apart and that should reduce the bleeding
it stop the bleeding I was told to stop
taking two pills and take 1 at regular
time The bleeding stop but 4 days later i
saw a couple of spots of blood what is
happen I read that vitamin C helps with
the withdrawal bleeding like wise I want
no bleeding unitil its time someone please
help me. I want to know what to do PLEASE
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jesticle
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Posted: 08-12-07 11:02am
Hi you need to speak to your doc I had the
same problem with breakthrough bleeding I
bled for 13 weeks straight. some people
just aren't suited for the pill.
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Re: Spotting Between Periods With Birth Control Posted: 08-12-07 13:58pm
chauntediva
wrote:
I have just started
birthcontrol I was on levlen and I bleed
for almost two week I switch to orthro
cyclen and I bleed a little for about 17
days. My nurse told me to double up on
pills taking 12 hours apart and that
should reduce the bleeding it stop the
bleeding I was told to stop taking two
pills and take 1 at regular time The
bleeding stop but 4 days later i saw a
couple of spots of blood what is happen I
read that vitamin C helps with the
withdrawal bleeding like wise I want no
bleeding unitil its time someone please
help me. I want to know what to do PLEASE
!
Hi there
With any pill, you should give it a full
three months before switching. Sometimes,
it takes the body a long time to adjust.
17 days on Levlen really wasn't enough.
You may/will spot. This is normal.
Just take the pills normal, one a day, at
the same time every day. I have no idea
how protected from pregnancy you are now,
or what your period will do during the
placebo week because of the doubling-up.
It is also very normal to not get a period
the first month.
It is normal to spot for 2-3 months.
Please, stick it out and give this pill a
real chance to work. You can't just give
up because you're spotting. Many many
women spot the first 3 months.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 08-13-07 00:41am
I am still spotting and I started my pill
three months ago. It is starting to go
away now so I'm not going to switch
(because I like that I don't have any
other side effects).
This happens when you start a pill, and
often times switching won't help because
you'll just be starting another pill and
deal with another period of spotting.
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