26 day period???

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Registered: 12-19-2006
26 day period???
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Tue, 05-08-2007 - 12:45pm

Here is my question, my Dr prescribed a BCP for me. I took it for the first time this cycle...I ended up with a 26 day period.

Is that normal after taking the pill for the first time in over 10 years?

I can't remember the name , it sounds like Aleve but I can't remember it at all.

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Registered: 04-30-2007
Tue, 05-08-2007 - 2:03pm
what kind of flow was it? when i first started the pill (i take a pill that gives you a period once every three months), i had discharge until i had my first period on the pill. is that what happened with you? the same thing happened to my friend who was on normal birth control, ie, she still got her period 1x a month.
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Tue, 05-08-2007 - 2:38pm

Hi foreverhopefull, welcome!


      Jill

    

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Registered: 12-19-2006
Wed, 05-09-2007 - 1:34pm

My flow for the whole 26 days was heavy to regular, then it just stopped.

I'm barren, so I don't need the pill for protection, it's only to make my ovaries hurt less during my cycle.

I can deal with the pain (have been for the last or so), but I cannot deal with the period lasting so long. It took too much out of me for me to be able to enjoy a normal life style.

I'm absolutly considering not taking them anymore. Like I said , I can deal with the pain, not the constant period. I'm actualy petrified that it will start all over again soon.

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Registered: 12-30-2003
Wed, 05-09-2007 - 2:35pm

Hi again hon,


      Jill