6 days of continous bleeding-normal?
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6 days of continous bleeding-normal?
| Wed, 09-08-2004 - 8:29am |
I just started on the Pill this month and was fine for about 12 days intoit. Then for the past 6 days I've been bleeding. The first couple were just spotting and ever since then it's like a light period where I'm going through about 2 pantyliners a day. Should I be bleeding like this?

Good luck and I hope you enjoy the pill!!
Susan
That being said, irregular bleeding is EXTREMELY normal in the first month or two or three of taking the pill. It takes a couple of months for your body to get used to the artificial hormones, and sometimes that will result in bleeding. If you called your doctor, they'll very likely tell you the same thing! You may have bleeding until you get to the beginning of the next pack, but the next pack should be better, and by the third month most women don't have breakthrough bleeding (what this is called) anymore.
Hope that helps! Feel free to surf around our FAQ section to find out how the pill works, how to make sure you're taking it properly, and what irregular bleeding might mean.
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Hope it stops soon - I know it can be really annoying!!!
Susan
I hope for you it settles down sooner!!
Susan
It's not that this bleeding is necessarily taking the place of a period, you probably have bleeding because the hormones aren't working quite right at keeping the lining of your uterus stable--if you've got more lining than you're providing the progestin to maintain, it will degrade and that shows up as bleeding. At the same time, each active pill is providing estrogen to that lining, which helps it develop (increasing your need for progestin). When you stop taking active pills in the fourth week and you aren't providing any more progestin, then the entire thing sloughs off like it normally does during a normal period. With the lining gone, you start the next pack with a clean house, so to speak, and things should be better.
Make sense?
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