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Estrellita

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Continued Bleeding After Period Posted: 02-15-06 14:40pm


I'm currently on the pill and I got my period like normal, I thought that it was over with so I had intercourse but then after sex I had some light dark bleeding. I've been bleeding off and on since then. It's been 13 days since I started my period, it usually lasts 6 days. The bleeding is very light and is a dark brownish color. Is this normal?

Alice84

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Joined: 21 Feb 2006
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Posted: 02-21-06 18:14pm


Hey, i've had exactly the same thing happen. I started taking the pill for the first time and had a period as normal, I thought it was over after 5 days, but when I tried to have sex I had some thick dark brownish blood come out. Ever since then (for about 10 days) i've been constantly bleeding lightly in this way. I thought it had stopped again yesterday and so we tried to have sex, but it happened again. This is worrying me a little as what's coming out is nothing like what i've had during a period before... Someone help!

Crazyness24

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Joined: 24 Jan 2006
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Location: Jersey

Posted: 02-22-06 08:59am


Hey guys, this is normal. Its a side effect that happens to many women. If you haven't been on it long this can happen up to about 3 months untill you body gets used to it. I have a feeling it will happen to me also. Give it time if it doesnt stop and gets annoying tell your doctor. Don't be scared if you read all the other posts you'll find this topic many times. I would be nervous to but my gyno told me its normal. Can I ask what kind of pills you bother are taking? Are they low dose or no? Im taking lutera which is a form of alesse. So far I love it. Keep me posted guys.

Alice84

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Posted: 02-22-06 10:04am


Thanks! That's put my mind at ease a little. I've done a bit more research on the internet and found that a few other people had a similar experience in the first few months of using the pill, particularly microgynon 30, which is what i've been taking. I think I was just a bit worried at the colour of it more than anything else. I'm still bleeding a really small amount, but it seems to be getting less each day. I've booked an appointment with the nurse at my surgery just to be sure though... Thanks again!

Crazyness24

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Posted: 02-22-06 10:07am

alice84 wrote:

thanks! That's put my mind at ease a little. I've done a bit more research on the internet and found that a few other people had a similar experience in the first few months of using the pill, particularly microgynon 30, which is what i've been taking. I think I was just a bit worried at the colour of it more than anything else. I'm still bleeding a really small amount, but it seems to be getting less each day. I've booked an appointment with the nurse at my surgery just to be sure though... Thanks again!

no problem :) I know from personally I used to take depo provera and I had this brownish stuff coming out of me for 3 months...Its kind of like the stuff you get out of your period. I believe they call it like blood clots or remaining blood which turns brown. Good luck keep me posted :)

Estrellita

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Posted: 02-22-06 10:20am


My spotting has stopped but I have been on the pill for about 1 1/2 years now, so i'm not sure if it's the same time that you're talking about but someone suggested that I might need to change birth control. I'm having pms symptoms which I usually get one week before my period but i'm having them 3 weeks before my period. So i'm just waiting to see if I get my period and go from there. Thanks for your replys :) and good luck on your appointment.

wonder.

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Hoping For a Respond. Posted: 04-13-07 16:18pm


hey, i hope people are still coming and replying to this because im lost. well okay, in january of this year, my period came 2 weeks late, and then in february it came normally, but then a week and half later i had dark red/brownish clumppy blood come out for 8 days.. and i wasnt even on the pill at the time nor have i ever been, but me and my bf just looked at it as if it was a miscarriage because the condum had broke a week before.. so yeah but then it went away and we were to scared to go to the doctor and find out what it really was so we just brushed it off. and then this month i got my period and started on the pill, im on day 6 of taking the pill and my period finished yesterday.. but then today the brownish clumppy blood came again today and im worried because i dunno if its here to stay again for another 8 days or what? help meee, pleaseee!!

Carifairy

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Posted: 04-14-07 13:31pm


When you take the pill, it causes bleeding irregularities when you first start using it. YOU would not have a miscarriage 1 week after sex, you would not even technically be pregnant yet! Pregnancy is not a BAM, instant thing, it is a 12-14 day process of fertilization and implantation. You likely did not have a miscarriage, but you likely do just have abnormal bleeding patterns, which the pill will help with after a few months =)

ashlietree

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respond please or help me find an answer im confused Posted: 07-08-08 00:51am


i just finished my period a week ago and now im bleeding very slightly some times its a little brownish and others its pinkish but its only pinkish after i pee after the first day it stoped so i had sex then after that it started again its only been two days but me and my boyfriend are exreamly nervis pleas help and its not enough to fill up a panty liner