What should I expect?

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-27-2004
What should I expect?
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Thu, 03-16-2006 - 2:44pm
My doctor thinks that maybe my BC is causing my extreme fatigue. There for I stopped taking it. I took two weeks of and still had one more week to go. When should I start my period? Will it still be next week as if I were taking the pills this week? Because usually when stop taking them, I start 2-3 days later. Just curious!
Also has anyone heard of Esto step? Or something like that, it is a low dose.
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-30-2003
Thu, 03-16-2006 - 4:51pm

Hi ivil_kassie, welcome back!

You should get your period a few days after you took the last active pill, because your pill period is really your body reacting to the withdrawal of the pill hormones during your placebo week. Since you didn't finish the pack we aren't sure if you will be protected at all by the hormones from your pills after you stopped so you should be using another effective method of contraception. I’ll bet Aunt Flo will be along any time now.

Estrostep: 1mg norethindrone acetate (21), 20mcg ethinyl estradiol (5),30mcg ethinyl estradiol (7), 35mcg ethinyl estradiol (9) is one of the few combined (estrogen/progestin) pills - perhaps the only one- where the progestin level is the same in each of the 21 active pill and the estrogen is varied in three different phases of 5, 7 and 9 days. I hope other members who have taken Estrostep will stop by and share their experiences.

Thanks for giving us an update. I hope you are feeling like your old self again soon. Let us know how you’re doing, ok?

Good luck,

      Jill

    

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-11-2004
Mon, 03-20-2006 - 2:04pm

Hi, I have been on estrostep for only 3 weeks now and so far so good.