My girlfriend is on Ortho Tri-Cyclen. She
wanted to skip her period and went
directly from the Dark Blue pill straight
to the White pill on her next pack. When
she told me I thought she should go on
with the pack till the next set of
placebos. Instead she went from the set of
white pill to the placebo. This bothers
me because I know it is a hormonal
withdrawal induced period. So now she is
on her fifth placebo pill with no period.
Is this normal? Should she wait before
continuing?
As for a little back ground information
she was on the depot shot for about a year
and a half, but decided to change due to
the fact that she spotted for six weeks
prior to he next dosage. She then went on
OTC, and has been on that for about 2-3
months now.
I thank you all for your time in advance,
~~Jesse
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PenguinsRus
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Posted: 03-07-08 10:16am
If she went from one pack directly to the
other pack, you are correct in thinking
that she should finish that pack straight
through. Taking the placebo pills after
the white week of pills is breaking the
hormonal protection at the wrong time.
The two of you should use another back up
method of birth control for two week until
the hormones are back in her body. After
the placebo pills, make sure she starts a
new pack starting with the white pills
again and doesn't just continue the pack
she started before.
If she is not bleeding yet, it may be
normal. Sometimes birth control like OTC
can lighten your period or make you skip
it for a month, especially if she was on
depo before which can stop a lot of womens
periods while they are on it.
However, make sure to use protection for
two weeks other than the pill while her
body gets back to normal, and take a
pregnancy test two weeks from the last act
of unprotected sex just to make sure.
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JesseD
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Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 2
Posted: 03-07-08 11:06am
First thank you for your quick response.
My only question is if she does not get
her period during this set of placebo
pills should she begin the white pills or
just wait till her hormones level out and
she get her period, then begin her new
pack?
~Jesse
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PenguinsRus
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Posted: 03-07-08 11:35am
She should start the white pills right
after she is finished with the placebos.
She does not have to wait until she gets
her period to start them.
