YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for November, 2002: Re: Break through bleeding on birth control pills

Re: Break through bleeding on birth control pills

From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 21 Nov 2002 17:28:43 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Tricia wrote: >
>I just recently started taking birth control pills. I am on Loestrin
>1/20. I am on my 18th pill. After about the first week of taking them,
>I started what I was told would be "break-through bleeding". It wasn't
>really blood, more brownish. My main concern is that it has been
>continuous since then (about two weeks). I don't know if this is
>normal, and if so, when will it stop. It is very annoying in the
>bedroom.

In first cycles is normal,if stays more than 2 to 3 cycles change pills.

-- Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol Buenos Aires Argentina

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