Thank you for submitting your question to us. When you have low estrogen levels, your periods will be absent most of the time and getting on the Pill to try and regulate your periods is a great idea. I also had this issue at a pretty young age and now that I am in my 30s, my period started to be more regular most of the time although I still skips months here and there. I was on the Pill for approximately 10 years and removed myself about 5 years ago.
It is very common to have long periods (brownish in color, red in color) when you first have your period after a long period of an absent period. The first time I had a period after it was absent for approximately 8 months, it lasted about a month and a half. This is completely normal (to people like us with low estrogen). It is not always a constant period, rather on again off again with spotting in between (say a couple days between).
The brownish color is usually the shedding of your uterus. The red color, will be your regular period. Is this what you are experiencing?
If you bleed for a long period of time: such as over a month, consult your physician. Otherwise, most of time when you miss a Pill, or don't take them at the same time daily, you may experience pre-menstrual bleeding. Does this help answer your question?
You may take a pregnancy test just to be sure that you are not pregnant. This will also help settle your nerves as anytime you have sex (even on the Pill), you do risk the chance of pregnancy.
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Hi Kaira,
Thank you for submitting your question to us. When you have low estrogen levels, your periods will be absent most of the time and getting on the Pill to try and regulate your periods is a great idea. I also had this issue at a pretty young age and now that I am in my 30s, my period started to be more regular most of the time although I still skips months here and there. I was on the Pill for approximately 10 years and removed myself about 5 years ago.
It is very common to have long periods (brownish in color, red in color) when you first have your period after a long period of an absent period. The first time I had a period after it was absent for approximately 8 months, it lasted about a month and a half. This is completely normal (to people like us with low estrogen). It is not always a constant period, rather on again off again with spotting in between (say a couple days between).
The brownish color is usually the shedding of your uterus. The red color, will be your regular period. Is this what you are experiencing?
If you bleed for a long period of time: such as over a month, consult your physician. Otherwise, most of time when you miss a Pill, or don't take them at the same time daily, you may experience pre-menstrual bleeding. Does this help answer your question?
You may take a pregnancy test just to be sure that you are not pregnant. This will also help settle your nerves as anytime you have sex (even on the Pill), you do risk the chance of pregnancy.
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