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Re: Bleeding on BCpills. Need HELP ASAP...

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From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 20 Aug 2002 18:35:17 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Cindy wrote: >
>I am 35, had a baby 11 mths ago and started taking a generics form of
>"Allese" after the baby was born, for 10 months now. In the beginning,
>it threw me off and I was very irregular (before BCpills I was as
>regular as could be). I seemed to get regular as long as I took them at
>the same time every day. About 4 months ago, I missed two days and
>started my period on the thrid day, even though I caught up on pills. I
>have been regular since. Except, this past two days I was late taking
>the pills like at 1AM and the next day 11PM, then the next day I started
>which was yesterday - with a regular period. I am just in my second
>week of the pill pack. So, what is it? Am I super sensitive or what?
>Should I start over with a new pack of pills on Sunday, or just continue
>taking as is?

You are not all that super-sensitive, it is just that Alesse (and its generics) are very low dose pills, and are therefor more sensitive to missed and delayed pills than many other pills. Just start your pills as you usually would.

-- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

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