Loestrin24 and missed period

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Registered: 06-26-2007
Loestrin24 and missed period
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Tue, 06-26-2007 - 5:32pm

I have cysts on both ovaries which is why I am taking Loestrin24 and having pains in my sides at night. It is making them smaller but not as quickly as the doctor would have liked. I have been on it since October 2006. Everything has been fine and the pain is gone. I am ready to start a new pack and I have not gotten my period. This happened once before and I got my period the next month but extra crampy. Is this normal for Loestrin24? Do you miss periods without being pregnant? Does this have something to do with the cysts?

Thanks for your input
VmindzeyeV

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Registered: 06-24-2007
Tue, 06-26-2007 - 8:28pm

hmm this is very interesting b/c I am on Yaz which is also a 24 day pill and am having the same problem this month! I hope I don't get a "double period" next month because I'll be out of the country and really don't want to deal with it!

When you got your period after skipping last time, was it on schedule? late? early?

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Registered: 06-26-2007
Tue, 06-26-2007 - 8:38pm
It was on time. Very crampy. I usually get cramps for half a day along with other things. But that time I was crampy for two days. And MMMOOODDDY
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Registered: 07-19-2006
Fri, 06-29-2007 - 4:26pm
That happened two months running when I was on Loestrin 24. I had issues with BTB at other times of the month, so I ended up switching. I did talk to the nurse at my ob/gyn office about it (prior to choosing to switch), and she said skipping a period was normal with that pill. I've read that lots of women skip on Loestrin, so I guess it's pretty common.