Spotting between periods while on birth control pills
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I have been on birth control for 2 months now. I haven't missed any pills, but I usually take them within 2 hrs. Its always between 825 and 10. But 4 days ago I had un protected sex then took my pil 4 hours late. Then the next day I started on my white pills. I'm on yaz so I only have 4 white pills and I'm on the day where I should be starting my new pack and still no period. Is it possible to be late while on birth control? Or do I have a big chance of being pregnant?
I'm 28, sexually active. No birth control pills. During the middle of Janurary to Feburary of this year I bled each day, enough to fill a pantiliner about a half a day. I was scheduled to go to an OBGYN but was cancelled and pushed back another month due to weather. I stopped bleeding from the middle of Feburary and had a heavier than normal period but then stopped. Tonight I started spotting again. I have had 2 negative pregnancy tests.
What kind of birth control pill are you on? I have been on both Tri-Spintec (generic Ortho Tri-Cyclen) + Ortho Try-Cyclen Lo, and I know that if you miss 2 or 3 days of the pills, it will give you an early period. Were you taking it consistently before those days that you missed? And did you have sex after those missed pills?
Either way, I think that it is probably because you missed those two pills, but if you want to know for sure go pick up a pregnancy test.
I have been on Birth Control for 3 years now, and very good with taking my pills. It is a Low dose birth control. However, over the passed 4 months, I have had spotting about 5 days before my expected period. I normally do not have sex, however, last month I had protected sex 3 days before my period, and had my regular period on time. This month, I started spotting about 8 days before my expected period and then had heavier bleeding 4 days before my expected period.
last month was my first time of using birth control pills. I was expecting my period to come on the first week of March and on the 6th of this month i had spotting. Thought it was the beginning of my period (that would be my first period using pills) but to my surprise it lasted only for 1 day. 2 days later I started taking antibiotics (for cough) for a week . Now is the 23 and still i havnt got my period. What could possibly be the reason? Am I pregnant?
I also had 2 periods, but I must say that I was taking birth control and they were birth control induced and appeared in 7 days pause between 2 packs of birth control. The thing is... I'm still having nausea from time to time, and I even feel need to vomit sometimes. Also, my ovaries hurt sometimes, and i feel pain in legs and stomach too. I also lost appetite.
My periods have never been irregular and I have been tracking them religiously for the past 6 months and now, this month I recently started my period on December 8th (five days later then normal) and it ended on the 12th. I had unprotected sex with my husband on the 11th. Went three days without a period and started spotting again on the 16th. It's not heavy and started as clear mucus with bright red streaks and then spotting more with activity.
Started on birth control pills 5 months ago simply to try and regulate my periods and lessen the severity of bleeding. First I was on Levlen which worked fine for about 3 months, even managed to skip a period successfully. Then started to get breakthrough bleeding half way through cycle which was continuous for 3 weeks but some days worse than others. Went back to GP who changed me to Brevicon which is a stronger pill.
Hello,
This pinkish spotting can be due to implantation spotting or intermenstrual spotting. Main causes of spotting between periods could be due to pregnancy, birth control pills, infection in an area of the body related to menstruation (including the vagina, the cervix and even the bladder). Other causes could be polycystic ovarian syndrome, diseases of pituitary gland, hormonal imbalance of estrogen and progesterone and uterine abnormalities like fibroid and cervical dysplasia.
Anything can cause stomach pains, you might have an infection of some sort. If you are worried about being pregnant, you should take a home pregnancy test to make sure that you are not. I know when I started taking birth control pills, my periods became more like spotting than an actual period. It would last about three days or so and was always really light (at most it was medium flow for one day). That is usually what happens when you take birth control pills.
If you have bleeding between periods, try to take your pills at the same time every day. If you have spotting (light bleeding between periods) for several cycles, call the doctor's office for advice.
I hope that this helps you, and the sites I provided help to explain the functions of your BCP and what you should do if you miss one in future. I think for you since you are on LoEs, you need to ensure you are taking them at exactly the same time each and every day.
I have never missed a period and have never been pregnant. I have been married for 4 years and am not on any kind of birth control. My last period started on Mar 12 and since Wed, April 1 I have been spotting brown "stuff." I don't usually see it until I go to wipe myself after using the bathroom. I am not due for my period for another 2 weeks. I did go to the Dr. today and she told me that it's not really a big concern and the urine sample came back (-) for pregnancy.
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