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no withdrawal on new pill
| Mon, 07-26-2004 - 9:26am |
This month I began using Ovcon 35, which was a change for me from OTC. I was having BTB problems on OTC, so my gyn wanted me to try a monophasic. This month, I had about 3 days of light BTB on the beginning of my third week, but that went away. I took my last active pill last Wednesday. It has now been 5 days of no hormones, and I still have not begun to have my period. I took each pill on time this month, and just to be safe, took a HPT this morning. It was negative. I was wondering why I would not be experiencing any withdrawal bleeding this month, especially if I had BTB last week, while still on active pills. Should I be concerned? I will be starting active pills again in a few days, and I'm concerned my body will not have had a withdrawal bleed before I begin next month's round of hormones. Any ideas? Anyone experience this?

Especially since this is your first month on these pills, I wouldn't be too concerned. Start your next package on time & see what happens next month.
Good Luck!
Also, I only had sex twice this entire month, once was at the end of last month's inactive pill week, and once was last weekend, using a condom. I really do not think I could be pregnant, but I've never experienced a completely missed period.
If I miss my period, does this mean that my uterine lining is building up right now? Will I ovulate this month?
Estrogen will cause uterine lining buildup - that has no effect on ovulation. If you are taking your pills correctly, there is very little chance you will ovulate. Bleeding control & ovulation control are not controlled by the same mechanisms by the pill. (Sorry if this sentance makes little sense, I hope you can understand what I am trying to say.)
You should be fine.
Also, I did bleed while I was still on my active pills, which makes me feel like I could not be pregnant. I just think it's weird to not have a period at all this month. I've never skipped a month, whether I was on BCPs or not. Usually, I begin my period almost immediately after I stop taking the active pills.
Remember, an *absence* of bleeding is a possible indication of pregnancy, not irregular bleeding (at odd times).
Skipped periods do happen, on or off the pill. I always took any bleeding as a sign I wasn't pregnant, even if it didn't happen at quite the right time. (As an aside, not to scare you, I *did* become pregnant on the pill..... all bleeding stopped.)
Good luck!
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