sugar pills - what now?

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-20-2004
sugar pills - what now?
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Mon, 02-23-2004 - 9:39am
Hi everyone,

well, i feel like a lot of you have been watching my first month on bc unfold on this board! i keep coming back with more questions. hopefully, this will be the last one for a little while! i had been spotting since last saturday (so over a week, as of yesterday). the flow was a fairly light, pink and dark brown discharge. i called my doctor to see if this was ok and she assured me it was not uncommon and to just continue taking my pills as normal. anyway, i took my first sugar pill last night when i always take my pill and today i no longer have a flow and even my breasts are much less sensitive. is this normal? i'm worried that my period won't come at all now. i'm on loestrin. should i expect some sort of flow to start again in the middle of the week sometime? i just don't know what to expect anymore!

:)

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-15-2003
Mon, 02-23-2004 - 10:31am
It is pretty hard to know what to expect during your first month of BCPs.

Difficult as it is to deal with the uncertainty, anything could happen this week! You could start your "period" in a few days, or it could be that the spotting was this month's "period". I know that when I was on the pill sometimes my period came during the placebo week, sometimes it started a few days early, sometimes it was a week early, & sometimes I spotted for the last two weeks (one of hormones, one of placebo pills) of the month.

Unfortunately, no one can tell you what to expect. Hang in there & try not to stress out, if you've taken your pills correctly you shouldn't have to worry about pregnancy, any weird (lack of) bleeding patterns is likely just your body getting used to the pill.

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-20-2004
Mon, 02-23-2004 - 11:00am
thanks. i have taken all my pills correctly and the one time this month my bf and i had sex we used back up but i just worry . . .my cycles were always so regular before this so to make the adjustment to the pill is a little scary. i started the pill on a sunday, eight days into my cycle and i think i may have ovulated this month, which is why i get a little freaked out. i know everyone's different and that it will take time (and in the long run, be very worth it). so i really like hearing other people's perspectives!