i just started ortho tri cyclen this month
its my first experience with birth control
pills. i did the sunday start and right
now i'm on the inactive pills- just took
my second inactive pill. i've been
worried because i haven't stopped bleeding
since i've gotten my period. my period
usually lasts 6 - 7 days and around the
7th day i started spotting. i hoped that
would get better but the light spotting
continued on and when i started taking the
last set of 7 active pills, the bleeding
got a little thicker and i guess it turned
into breakthrough bleeding? i called the
health center but they said it's normal.
still, i'm not convinced. i know it's
norman to be spotting and to have
breakthrough bleeding but i'm worried my
bleeding is lasting way too long.
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dannyboygirl
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Re: Still Bleeding Posted: 03-02-07 01:57am
anonymous23
wrote:
i just started ortho tri
cyclen this month its my first experience
with birth control pills. i did the
sunday start and right now i'm on the
inactive pills- just took my second
inactive pill. i've been worried because
i haven't stopped bleeding since i've
gotten my period. my period usually lasts
6 - 7 days and around the 7th day i
started spotting. i hoped that would get
better but the light spotting continued on
and when i started taking the last set of
7 active pills, the bleeding got a little
thicker and i guess it turned into
breakthrough bleeding? i called the
health center but they said it's normal.
still, i'm not convinced. i know it's
norman to be spotting and to have
breakthrough bleeding but i'm worried my
bleeding is lasting way too
long.
Hey girl Im not too fond
of Ortha Tri Cyclan because that was the
1st one they put me on too and I did the
same as you that Sunday start and I bled 2
wks and that was not normal for me cuz my
usual was 7 days...So they switched my to
a lower dose BC called Cyclessa maybe you
need a lower dose...OTCylclen was too
strong for me and it made me bleed
heavy...Good luck...This is just my body
though different folks different
strokes...
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Tylanas
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Re: Still Bleeding Posted: 03-02-07 14:15pm
anonymous23
wrote:
i just started ortho tri
cyclen this month its my first experience
with birth control pills. i did the
sunday start and right now i'm on the
inactive pills- just took my second
inactive pill. i've been worried because
i haven't stopped bleeding since i've
gotten my period. my period usually lasts
6 - 7 days and around the 7th day i
started spotting. i hoped that would get
better but the light spotting continued on
and when i started taking the last set of
7 active pills, the bleeding got a little
thicker and i guess it turned into
breakthrough bleeding? i called the
health center but they said it's normal.
still, i'm not convinced. i know it's
norman to be spotting and to have
breakthrough bleeding but i'm worried my
bleeding is lasting way too
long.
it is very normal and you may do this for
a month or two. Don't worry! If it goes
longer than that you can certainly ask to
be switched but it normally takes your
body three to five months to become
acclimated to the pill.
