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| Tue, 10-05-2004 - 7:15pm |
It seems quite a few of us posting on this board are on Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo. I was scheduled for a Sunday start and since my period came yesterday, I plan on starting this coming Sunday. I took a look at my calendar and matched days with pills and found that I will take the first green (placebo) pill on Halloween. Does this mean that I will be having 2 periods a month, every month?! Do you have to take all 7 of the placebo pills or can you just take 4 or so and throw out the rest of the pack and start the white pills again? I'm confused. I really would like to make it where I wont be experiencing 2 periods a month if possible. Any feedback would be great. Thanks.

Well im kinda confused 2 about the reminder pills i was wondering what will happen if you don't take the reminder pills,do you think you can start a new pak?..........since I started takinkg this pills I started on a Sunday and that was the last day of my period it was on August the last week that i started taking them and i didnt get my period this month(September) so i dont know, this stuff are really confusing.
You can shorten your inactive week if you want, but it will make it more difficult to make sure you've taken your pills in order and each day. You won't be protected any differently if you use a 25 or 26 day cycle instead of a 28 day cycle, the easiest thing to do really is to pick a start day and start every new pack on that same day.
I promise, it will make more sense later! ;)
Co-cl for Birth Control
Did you take the green pills at the end of your first pack? Did you use backup protection for the first week? Did you take all of your pills at the same time every day? If you followed the directions and still didn't get your period, that does happen sometimes, but if you missed pills or didn't use backup at the beginning of the first pack, there may be another reason why you didn't get your period.
The reminder pills are just reminders, you don't even have to take them, they're just there in case you have trouble remembering to start your new pack of pills on time.
Does that help?
Co-cl for Birth Control
Actually we recommend using backup for the whole first month so that you can get used to taking a pill at the same time every day. It also helps take care of that period paranoia during the inactive week---we get lots and lots of posts from women who are freaking out because they didn't get their periods on the day they thought they should have in that first month and they worry that maybe the pill doesn't work for them. If you've used backup that whole cycle, that won't be on your mind!
Do what makes you feel comfortable, it's only another week or two!
Co-cl for Birth Control