Re: alesse, postponing period, non-stop
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 27 May 2002 12:00:32 -0500 (CDT)
Now it's time to stop the pill for the week and restart a new pack. It's
the most reasonable thing to do when this occurs. The alternative is to
finish this pack and restart the next pack as directed.
Dr. M
At Sun, 26 May 2002, Chrystyna wrote:
>
>I've been bad...
>My husband lives overseas and I don't get to see him often. I was on
>the bcp but had gone off, realizing that I didn't want to have my period
>while he was here I decided to go back. I had used other bcp's in the
>past and have used it to postpone my period, but this was my first time
>using alesse.
>
>I knew I didn't have much time, but I decided to try my luck in
>postponing my period by taking the packs right after the other, skipping
>the placebos. I knew that there was a chance that it would not work as
>it was my second month. Unfortunately, it didn't work, and not only did
>i have my period while he was here, but it still hasn't stopped. I've
>been on my period for 10 days now, and i'm almost midway through my
>pack. In the past with bcps i haven't had my period for this long. I
>understand that alesse is a low dosage and sometimes you get
>breakthrough bleeding, but is this normal?
--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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