Question

[childofsnow.livejournal.com]

Does anyone in the hut have an answer to this rather curious phenomenon?

2 weeks a go, I skipped my green pills and went directly into my next pack, in order that I might also skip my period (had a big weekend with the boy planned). It worked - no period, no weirdness, no problem. However, I'm now almost done with the second week's pills - and my period has decided to make a surprise (and rather copious) appearance. Why might this be? Any ideas? Comments?

Comments

[littlepenguin.livejournal.com]

What kind of pills are you taking?

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[childofsnow.livejournal.com]

ortho tricyclen

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[littlepenguin.livejournal.com]

I'm on that too :)

It's a triphasic pill, I believe, meaning that there's three different hormone levels. If you skip the placebo pills, then breakthrough bleeding will occur. That's why monophasic pills are usually recommended for skipping your period :) Don't worry too much about it, it's probably more of a hassel than anything else.

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[childofsnow.livejournal.com]

rrrrrrrrrr.

how come there's little literature ABOUT this?
all the thing i read said "go ahead..."
*snaps*

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[littlepenguin.livejournal.com]

I know, I know :(

Sucky, isn't it!

[miaokitty.livejournal.com]

When I tried the same thing with ortho-tri-cyclen, I had breakthrough bleeding to the point that I was essentially having my period for two and a half weeks. It sucked.

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[childofsnow.livejournal.com]

so i get to look forward to even MORE?
whee.

[miaokitty.livejournal.com]

Well, the last four or five days were pretty light, but yeah, it's still lame.

[antibob.livejournal.com]

you should ask your doctor about getting on a different pill. you're suppose to ask them about skipping periods, but heck, i did it to. i'm on just orthcycle and i've only once had break through bleeding, but thats normal, just so you know.

[eenie.livejournal.com]

i'm not on ortho, like everyone else, but this did happen to me so i think it might be common to a lot of birth controls. mine stayed away for the week it was supposed to be there, but for the next 2 weeks, i essentially had a light period.

[isolt.livejournal.com]

a friend of mine who was on ortho-tri-cyclen did that same thing, and she had the same effect -- a two week period. It was also especially full of clots. She called it her alien baby. So hey, it's normal!

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[childofsnow.livejournal.com]

i just fell off my chair because i laughed too hard. ow.