Info on Breakthrough bleeding
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Info on Breakthrough bleeding
| Fri, 07-16-2004 - 11:43am |
Okay here is some background....I have been on Ortho tri-cyclen lo since November of 2003 before that I was on Depo-Provera for 5 years with no real problems except for my skin was horrible. I have been pretty regular with the pill and for the first few months I did not really have a period at all. With it being summer I decided to skip my period the last two months. I skipped the inactive pills and went directly to the actives. Now I did this before in March with no problems. Well these past two months I have experienced some heavy breakthrough bleeding. I will bleed at least one or two days during the weeks that I am not supposed to be having my period. Should I be concerned or is this just a side effect of me skipping my period? Will this straighten out next month if I take the whole pack of pills?

I wouldn't say it is anything to be concerned with, though if you want to skip periods on a regular basis, you may want to talk to your doctor about trying a different (monophasic) formulation of pills.
I'd say it is likely that taking a full pack of pills & allowing your body to have its regularly scheduled pill-period will sort out your irregular bleeding issues.