menstrualhut

The subject pretty much covers it, but I'll elaborate:

I'm on the third patch of my second month of Ortho-Evra. I've been spotting all month. Not enough for a maxipad, but just enough for one of those really large pantiliners--and it's usually red. I'm getting rather tired of it. Since it's only my second month I'm chalking it up to adjusting to the hormones. My first month on Ortho-Evra was uneventful.

This week, I switched the location of my patch from my tummy to my upper arm. Not sure if it's related, but I started to get slightly moody, a little crampy, and my spotting is a little heavier.

Since I've been bleeding all month, how am I going to know when my cycle actually starts? The day it gets heavier? I only ask because I'm still tracking my cycles via calendar and cyclespage, and my doctor will inevitably ask for the date when my last period began.

(x-posted to birthcontrol and menstrualhut -- I really need to hear some feedback on this. Thanks.)