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May 12th, 2010
i am on birth control and have 11 days left of my active white pills. i had sex with a condom on the last day of my period, and sex with a condom wednesday night. Now, i am bleeding. the bleeding started out brown and now is bright red, like my period. I have no signs or symptoms of pregnancy. What is this breakthrough bleeding!? I also had very bad diarrhea friday which I have heard can make my pill not absorb properly, and do not take my pills at the exact same time each night (normally between 8-9:30 though). I am also just started a new birth control pill and it is my second month on those new pills. what is wrong with me????
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UnknownABC
replied May 12th, 2010
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Cheergurl, breakthrough bleeding can be a normal side effect of new pills for the first few cycles.

Why on earth will you even be thinking about pregnancy after having sex with a condom on and being on the pill at the same time?

Take care!
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raspberrykiss
replied May 22nd, 2010
I'm having this same issue, my period has been starting almost a full 2 weeks early and continues on until the week I am supposed to get it and then it is extremely heavy. this is is the third month now, I'm starting to get nervous about it.
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UnknownABC
replied May 25th, 2010
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RaspberryKiss, why do you not talk to your doctor? It sounds like you are bleeding for 3 weeks and then have just 1 week off. Just the opposite of how it should work.

Remember to take iron supplements to replace what you are losing.

Best of luck.
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