Facebook Pixel

Comment Reply

It is actually perfectly normal for your period to begin sooner than you thought, since you have stopped taking your hormonal contraception in the middle of your cycle. The pill works to regulate your period in many ways, as well as to help prevent pregnancy (by preventing ovulation, changing cervical mucus, etc). When you stop taking pills, your body "kicks back into gear" to be able to become pregnant again, with beginning the process for you to ovulate, etc. This entire process also includes your uterine lining thickening (for a fertilized egg), and when you do not have an egg fertlized, then the thickened uterine lining sloughs off....which is our menstrual period. When you take the pills, this entire process is stopped and what you experience as a "period" during your 7 days of inactive pills is actually "withdrawal bleeding" from not taking the pill for those 7 days. So, the bleeding you are experiencing "early" could be a period or withdrawal bleeding.

Your period will be irregular for a cycle or two, as you go on-and-off your pills. If you are not having sex for a few months and have lost your pills, you can choose not to take your pills and begin taking them again at a specified time (follow the directions for your prescription; usually for a Sunday starter, you take the first pill of your new pack on the first Sunday after you start your period). Taking the pill "haphazardly" in the middle of your cycle may not provide the most effectiveness, as each pill is designed specifically for certain days in your cycle.

Does this all make sense?

Most importantly, when you do decide to have sex again, you MUST you back-up method (condom) for at least 7 days (make it 14) after you begin your new pack of pills!

June 10, 2010 - 8:53pm

Reply

Image CAPTCHA
Enter the characters shown in the image.
By submitting this form, you agree to EmpowHER's terms of service and privacy policy