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First time on pill
| 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?

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.