All of a Sudden Stopped the Spotting!!! Even More Questions! Posted: 07-22-06 12:55pm
Ok I have been on seasonale for about 3
almost 4 weeks now (this is my first time
on birth control) I had posted a bulletin
a few days ago about spotting and even
bleeding every time me and my boyfriend
would have sex it was everywhere and all
over the condom... Well now the bleeding
has stopped and now every once in awhile
it's this nasty brown is that normal? And
they say take your pill within a 24 hour
period of each other and I take my every
night at 10:30 that's exactely 24 hours
should I take it a few minutes before like
10:25 or 10:28?????? And who uses a
condom here while on birth control because
I do...
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x0x-Andrea
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 63 Location: Vancouver
Posted: 07-22-06 13:28pm
Ok, well from what I have heard, spotting
while on seasonale is normal. Especially
if this is your first time on the pill.
When I started the pill, I spotted the
whole first month. The second month was
fine. So don't worry it is completely
normal....
It is good that you are using a condom
because the spotting is a sign of
ovulation so yeah....Make sure you have a
back up. And most of my friends all use
condoms (even though they are on the pill)
for a back up. I personally don't.....But
it would probably be a good idea.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 07-22-06 13:58pm
No the spotting is not a sign of
ovulation!!!!
I work in womens health, and I am degreed
as such..
Almost all women will spot their first
month on birth control, many women on
seasonale will spot for the first 2-3
months on that pill.
Spotting when you first start birth
control is normal! The first 2-3 months
are a little hectic with spotting, but
after 3 months it ususally calms down.
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motaygon00
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Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 25
Posted: 07-22-06 14:27pm
Thank you all for your advice : )
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x0x-Andrea
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Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 63 Location: Vancouver
Posted: 07-22-06 15:28pm
Carifairy - then why do they tell you to
make sure you use a backup if there is
spotting?
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Carifairy
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Posted: 07-22-06 23:36pm
Nowhere I have worked, and nowhere on any
pill package does it say to use back-up
methods if you spot.
If you take antibiotics you will spot, and
you need a backup method, but this is
because the hormone levels are dropping
due to antibiotics.
You spot when you first take the pill
because your body is quickly changing to a
new pattern
i do not know what their policies are in
vancouver/canada, but i/we have never told
anyone to use back-up when spotting.
