Tried to Skip Period But Now Scared Due to Brown Spotting

Hi,

i have a question about skipping my period, and now that I am spotting, i'm freaking out a bit! I am on yasmin, have been on it for about 2 years now. I wanted to skip my period this past weekend and called the pharmacy to order a new refill so I could start a new active pill pack on day 1 of the placebos. Well, the pharmacy told me that they would not have the prescription ready until the next day. So, on day 1 of placebos (when I wanted to start the new active pills) I ended up not taking anything, and then the following day, once I got my new pack, I took 2 active pills. I have continued to take my active pills every day since then, but yesterday and this morning i've had some brown spotting (not a lot like a normal period on placebos, but noticeable). Does that mean that the active pills didn't "work" and my body thinks I had my period?

I'm more concerned about the fact that since I didn't take anything on day 1 of the placebos because I didn't have my active pills to start them, my body thought it was going to have a period - and that even though the next day I took two active pills, it was too late for it to stop the period. Does that make sense?


I'm scared now because I want to continue taking this new pack (i'd be starting week 2 tomorrow) and am wondering if I should throw it away and start a new one (in case my body didn't recognize the active pills and thought they were placebos last week - is that even possible?) or if I should just let it run its course and keep taking week 2 and 3 and then do the placebos to get my period. Will I need a backup method for this month?

Thanks in advance!!!