Birth Control Confusion ?

Question

I started birth control three weeks ago and planned with my doctor to have my period every three months, so I would only take three rows of the pills and skip the fourth to avoid having my period. well I just finished my third week two days ago and I've been having light spotting and cramps like my body is trying to have my period? is this normal or what? it's quite annoying actually and I have no clue what's going on, help anybody?

Answer

Skipping placebos and moving right on to active pills in the next pack can just have that effect on some people. Plus it's new to you, so your body may take time to adjust. It probably won't move on to a full blown period unless your body really wants to have one. Either way, I'd wait it out to see how things go once everything levels out. I personally probably would have taken it normally until I knew whether I was just going to be prone to spotting on that specific pill, and then moved on to skipping periods. That way I'd already know whether the spotting is just the pill in general, or due to trying to skip periods.

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Its normal to have spotting and light bleeding up to 3 months. As your introducing new hormones into your body.

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I've never tried the whole skipping the last week to avoid period, can I ask why you aren't just using seasonique or the generic version of that to get the same results. More than likely your body is confused and is trying to give you a period. If you are really worried, talk to your doctor.

Birth Control Confusion ?

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