switching question

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Registered: 12-22-2005
switching question
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Mon, 06-05-2006 - 6:42pm

This may be a dumb question with an obvious answer...

I switched to estrostep after being on yasmin for a year. yesterday was the start of my placebos, so this will be my 2nd period while being on this new pill. I am feeling REALLY bloated and stuff, but no period. I don't have much experience with taking BC pills. I'm sure it'll take a few months before my period regulates (w/ yasmin it was Wed-Sat on the dot) but also, my boyfriend and i always have unprotected sex (which we are both tested, etc, and don't actually have sex too often) but it's still in the back of my mind: what if my period is really light - or what if it doesn't come? Should i worry about the possiblity of pregnancy? I take it pretty religiously 7-7:30 am on weekdays and like 8-10 am on weekends. I used to take yasmin the same way and i had unprotected sex even more often and never got pregnant.

Any insight? tThanks!

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Tue, 06-06-2006 - 7:14am

There are no dumb questions.....unless they're the ones you don't ask!


Yasmin and Estrostep are a lot different from each other, so I'd expect your periods to be different between the two pills.

Judie Cl for Birth Control 
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Registered: 12-22-2005
Tue, 06-06-2006 - 8:21am

Thanks for your response. I got my period this morning, so I'll see how this one goes. I was feeling horrible last night because I was extremely bloated. I woke up feeling better and boom there was my period. lol. I feel so spoiled from having my period so regulated before that I knew exactly when it was coming!

I have one other question: Is it true that there is some sort of meaning as to when you get your period when on the pill? I thought I had read something along the lines of if you get your period late in the placebo week (like i used to) it means you're getting too much of something (whether it be estrogen, progestin, or something else i don't remember) Just curious, thanks!

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 06-08-2006 - 7:16am

"Is it true that there is some sort of meaning as to when you get your period when on the pill? "


Not necessarily.....or at least not that you're getting too much or too littlle of one hormone or another.

Judie Cl for Birth Control