Mid-cycle bleeding

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-25-2006
Mid-cycle bleeding
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Tue, 05-16-2006 - 10:52pm

I started taking the pill in November (Apri) and acclimated very easily (probably due in part to the fact that I rarely had issues to begin with). Then in April I accidentally missed a pill. I immediately took in the next day along with my regular pill. Yet, I had what amounted to a full-blown period just a few days later (I was on my second week of the pack). I then had my normal pill period during the fourth week, albeit a bit lighter.

This past week, I flew to the West Coast and tried very hard to be within the right time frame to take the pill. I was under a tremendous amount of stress and almost a month to the day, started spotting and have been (sometimes very heavy) since this past Friday (almost 5 days).

My question? Should I call my doctor? Should I chalk it all up to the time-change and stress?

Thanks.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 05-17-2006 - 7:18am

If missing one pill causes you to have breakthrough bleeding, I could see spotting happen if you were just shaky with the time.

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