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From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 23 Mar 2000 23:26:19 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 23 Mar 2000, jessy wrote: >
>i have written in twice - but i think i am paranoid
>now. here is my story. I was using Alesse,
>experienced breakthrough bleeding and mistook it for
>my period. so i switched to ortho-tri-cylen - i
>skipped the placebo pills on the alesse and went to
>the orth. the spotting/breakthrough bleeding still
>went on through the first 5 days of the ortho. so i
>thought i might have been pregnant, 'cause maybe it
>was implantational bleeding. because i spotted when i
>was supposed to have my period - but knew that my
>period wouldn't start because i started a new pack of
>pills. the breakthrough bleeding occured in my 3rd
>week of the alesse, because i took the pills at
>different times, so this would have been around the
>14th day of the pills - so i could have ovulated. did
>i ovulate? i have not had sex, but had fooled around,
>so maybe if i ovulated because i took the pills at a
>different time each day, maybe i could be pregnant -
>even though i didn't have sex, but fooled around. so
>this week - i took a pregnancy test - 6 days after i
>would have had my period, but didn't cause i started a
>new pack. both tests were negative. but now today -
>on the 12th day of the new pack - i feel like i am
>going to start my period. kinda heavy and bloated
>down there. is this just a side effect of switching
>pills? could i be pregnant even though i took two
>test 6-8 days after i would have started my period?
>am i just paranoid? i'm sorry to write in again, i
>know that it is probably unlikely that i am pregnant -
>because i take the pill, although at different times
>which could have caused ovulation, i haven't had sex,
>and two preg. tests came up negative. i'm sorry once
>again, but i am just freaked out. that you all so
>much for your patience. i really appreciate it.
>thank you in advance
>-amber
>

Pick a pill any pill and stay on it for at least 4 months. Then if there is any continuing problem see your Gynecologist to consider switching to a diferent pill. I don't consider switching for any kind of bleeding until after at least 4 months on one pill. Sometimes it takes that long for the pill to take control of your cycles, especially the newer lower dose pills.

RDB

-- R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG

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