First time on pill

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-12-2003
First time on pill
2
Fri, 10-29-2004 - 8:23pm
It is my first month on Ortho tricyclen lo and today I was suppose to start my period and it hasn't started, is this normal?

Also wondering if anyone has actually had clearer skin because of Ortho lo?











iVillage Member
Registered: 10-06-2004
In reply to: ms80
Fri, 10-29-2004 - 8:35pm
Hi there!

When you say you were supposed to start today do you mean you took your first placebo pill today? If so, it is normal. Typically your period will not come until you have taken your placebo pills for a couple days. For me, I usually take 3 placebo pills and then my period comes...for you it might be sooner or later and it might vary for the first couple months. Now I pretty much know when to expect my period down to the hour but I have been taking pills for 5 years! So give it a couple months and eventually you will get into a pattern...

As for clearer skin...can't say that I have experienced this. I was on regular OTC for several years and recently switched to OTC-LO....I personally haven't noticed a change in my skin.

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-12-2003
In reply to: ms80
Fri, 10-29-2004 - 9:38pm
Thank you so much for your response!!! Since I am new at this, I thought maybe something was wrong because I thought that the first day you take a placebo pill is always the first day that you start, so this is good to know.