Spotting And Early Periods Posted: 05-30-06 12:44pm
Hello,
i am 22 and I have been on alesse for 2.5
years. I have never really had any
problems with the exception of the odd
time that I begin having my period a week
early (during my last week of pills) and
it continues on into the week without
pills. The doctors at the health
services center at my school have never
really commented on this "phenomena" or
motioned for a change. Anyways the early
periods have been happening a little more
frequently lately (not always a full week
early but still early) and at the moment I
am a week into my pills and have already
begun spotting a little bit. I nearly
missed a pill on saturday night (it is
tuesday today) and ended up taking it 5-6h
later than usual. Now I am finding brown
discharge when I wipe, occasionally on my
underwear as well since the day after I
nearly missed my pill. I am not worried
about pregnancy as intercourse with my
partner has always been protected as well,
and I know that it cannot be an std.
What could this be due to? Is it time to
request a change in pills?
Thank you,
aliera
Last edited by Aliera on 05-30-06 15:23pm; edited 1 time in total
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Carifairy
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Posted: 05-30-06 13:14pm
Just so you know :)
any bleeding that you get that is not on
your "period/placebo week" is not a
period..No matter what.. It is only
breakthrough bleeding, and yes can be
heavy. When a doc asks you "when is your
last period" and you say "now", they
assume you are on your placebo week..You
say my last period was "such and such
date, but I am having bleeding right now"
it very well could be time for a pill
change if this continues. Have you missed
a pill, taken them late? Taken any herbs
and diet pills? Some of those can
interefere with your pill.
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Aliera
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 14 Location: Canada
Posted: 05-30-06 15:22pm
Thank you for the reply, I appreiciate any
advice I can get. And when I am with a
doctor I do refer to my placebo week as my
period week, it's just that sometimes the
best way to describe the breakthrough
bleeding is by calling it a period. But
it's good to know that it can be that
heavy.
I took a pill about 5 hours late on
saturday night/sunday morning and I
started getting the brown spotting sunday
evening. I take vitamin c and zinc
supplements regularily and i've also been
consuming a lot of caffeine this week
(which I normally rarely do). The only
reason why i'm concerned is because I have
never had spotting so early on in my
cycle. Like I said usually it's a week
before my placebo week if I do get it but
this is two weeks before.
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