Cassy,
out of curiousity what birth control are you currently on? Regardless of what birth control you are on, you may incur some spotting throughout the month. Depo is most known for irregular bleeding but realistically any method of birth control can cause irregular bleeding. Good news though, that more regular you become with your current birth control, you most likely will stop any irregular bleeding. Some women have irregular bleeding and some don't . It just varies from person to person. If you have been on this current type of birth control for a while and still are having irregular bleeding you may want to consider switching to another kind until you find one that works for you.
I hope this helped.
Natalie

Rig now i;mon ortho tri cyclen lo. I switched from depo a little over 2 months ago because I had such horrible bleeding all the time. So far I haven't had any irregular bleeding for the past cycle inbetween my period except for these days right after I start taking the active pills again.Right now it seems that my period has just restarted and i've already taken 2 active pills.

That is breakthrough/irregular bleeding. It will usually be right after your period at the beggining of your new cycle pack. Again if it is a bother, youc can try and switch to another birth control or just keep with this one and see if your spotting stops.
Natalie

That happened to me when I first started my ortho tri cyclen lo. The first two packs were hell. I just kept bleeding, but then the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth packs have been amazing. My period is sooo regular, I can time it on the clock, lol. Just give it a month or two longer, and i'm sure everything will be regular and fine!! Also, I dont have any breakthrough bleeding anymore! Wooohoo!

Cassy.. I used to get the same thing on ortho (regular, not lo) during the last 2 days or so. It would seem like it would go away and start back up again. I think sometimes if your flow is not heavy, your muscles can hold back some of the flow and when you relax them, such as a bm or having sex, it's like opening up the gate again and anything that was backed up will come out. Realistically your period probably never ended, but the flow wasn't strong enough for the rest of it to come out regularly.