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[snapdragon-666.livejournal.com]

Hi. I'm on Yasmin, i've just finished my first pack of pills. For three weeks i've been bleeding. Sometimes it seems to stop to just a discoloured discharge. But every time my boyfriend and i have sex, my period comes back. I had the naïve idea that maybe his semen was just 'diluting' the blood and making it seem like there's more... but i think that's pretty silly, really. Because after sex, it looks just like i've bled a normal period, maybe 3rd day heaviness instead of just the discharge i had before sex.

So could anyone tell me what's going on? Thanks!

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[skeptictank.livejournal.com]

That seems a little odd. Usually I bleed less after sex (yes I too have been bleeding for almost a month straight) but it's NEVER so much that it looks like a normal period. I'd try giving your doctor a ring to see if that's normal.

[snapdragon-666.livejournal.com]

It's kind of impractical to see my doctor. I'm on these pills to shrink ovarian cysts. So my doctor can't change my pills without me seeing my gynaecologist first. And for my gynaecologist to change them i'd have to have another ultrasound to see if they're doing their job then go back to the gynaecologist and then back to the doctor. I have an appointment in January to see if the cysts have shrunk. So i guess i just have to wait really, because it takes months to get those kind of appointments anyway.
As far as i can tell, anything is normal on the first month or so of hormones. It's just driving me a bit mad really. Fed up of being teary and not being able to have sex! :)

[mujerpower03.livejournal.com]

man i am on my first pack of ortho tri cyclen about to start the sugar pills..and ive been bleeding for a 6 days..and im scared im gonna be bleeding fort the next 7 days with the non hormonal pills.............

ugh.

[ruggrat.livejournal.com]

When I was taking ortho tri cyclen, I never had a problem with long periods. I was sunday start, always bled on the tuesday after I started the placebos and bled til friday or saturday. Yes, my period got *shorter* on the pill(before it would be 8 or 9 days).

[char.livejournal.com]

i did exactly the same thing with ortho. the first pill i took (can't remember the name) was lighter on the hormones. i basically spotted for 2 weeks each month.
it takes a good 3 months for your body to get used to any new form of bc, so if you call your doc, he/she will probably tell you to wait it out. but if it does it again on your second pack, with heavy bleeding like that, call the doc.
also, because it takes 3 months for your body to adjust, it's recommended that you use condoms or another form of contraceptive those first few months. you can still get preggy on the pill, especially when you're body's still getting used to it.
i've been on ortho or a generic for years now, but my boyf and i use condoms every time. i'm slightly paranoid about getting pregnant. the last thing i need is bigger boobs.

[snapdragon-666.livejournal.com]

I think it takes a few months for your body to adjust to the hormones. Hope it goes ok for you.