WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 2001: Re: [Birth Control] Alesse

Re: [Birth Control] Alesse

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 26 Dec 2001 15:19:50 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 26 Dec 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I just gave birth 9 weeks ago, I haven't had a menstration yet. My
>doctor put me on Alesse I started them a week later than he actually
>instructed me to, hoping my menustration would come before I started.
>Well, I'm on the 3rd week of my peach pills and have started to spot.
>I've been on a couple different type pills before and never had this
>happen. Is this normal? I thought that once you began your green pills
>is when your suppose to start? Could I be pregnant? I took a test about
>a week ago and it read negative. Me and my husband did have sexual
>intercourse before my 6 weeks check-up (he did where a condom) and we
>also had sex during the first week of my peach pills. Can anyone tell
>me what is going on?

It is not unusual to have some spotting during the first 2-3 months after starting the pill. Keep taking the pill on schedule and expect some more spotting or bleeding... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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