Okay so I just recently went back on birth control and started with a low dose version (.5/15)about 5 weeks ago. I had bleeding that started my second week and was switched to a higher dose version ( i think called ortho novum 1/35) I was told to finish the first low dose pack and start the new birth control after the placebo week...well i didn't want to bleed for three weeks so I finished the week i was on, went to the placebo for a week, then started the new higher dose version. Well its into the second week of the new one and I have started bleeding again with really bad cramps and I have two questions...one: even though I skipped that active week, is the brith control still effctively keeping me from getting pregnant? two: Am I bleeding again because the brith control still isn't the right kind for me or is it because i skipped that active week? Any thoughts?