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Q: Stopped Taking My Pills Mid-cycle

asked by: kimerr on September 13th, 2006

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I have been taking bc for 9 years. I had my last period 8/30 then took three pills and decided to stop taking them because we decided to start ttc. Then on 9/9 I started spotting on 9/9 and starting bleeding on 9/11. My question is would this be considered an actual period or is this breakthough bleeding? According to the 8/30 date I should be ovulating now and I am trying to determine if it should be moved back a week because of the new bleeding??? Please help?

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Carifairy

replied on September 13th, 2006

Extremely eHealthy

On the pill you do not ovulate, and your whole cycle is taken over by the pill for the most part..

You cannot accurately guage ovulation based on a period you get after stopping the pills because you could ovulate anytime, so you need to wait a few cycles before you try and prevent pregnancy with that method.

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