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| Sun, 05-28-2006 - 8:36pm |
Hi, I'm looking for some advice...
I've been on the ortho evra patch for 5 weeks. I've changed the patches on time and had no problems with them falling off. The first 3 weeks I had a lot of spotting, especially during the 3rd week, it was almost period-like flow. The 4th week (patch free week) the bleeding stopped and it has not started again. I only had sex twice in this time and both times it was during the patch-free week.
I'm freaking out because I did not get my period during the patch-free week like I was told I should have. Did the other bleeding throw this off? Is this normal? Or could I be pregnant? Any help would be great!

Hi
Jill
Thanks so much for your reply. I think I'm okay, it just feels good to hear it from someone else! I may take a pregnancy test this week just to be sure.
One more question...I've continued using my patches normally...assuming I'm not pregnant--should I not expect a period until my next patch-free week? Or could it still come while I'm wearing the patch?
Thanks again for your help!
Hi ferti928, welcome back!
Jill