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Re: Birth Control Question (a little urgent)From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 11 Jun 2002 09:58:30 -0500 (CDT)
At Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Lola wrote: > >I am 16 and have been having irregular periods for the past year so my >doctor suggested that I start taking birth control to regulate my >menstral cycle. well since my period is irregular she gave me a "jump >starter" (I think it's called PROVERA). I finished the pills on Friday >the 7th of June and on the Sunday and Monday following i noticed what >seems like a discharge but is dark red. my question is should i >consider that a period and start my birth control or should I just >consider that to be discharge? please help. > >thank you >Cristi I personally would consider it a period, but you need to call your doc and make sure she agrees, since this is something of a judgement call.
-- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
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