Anyone on the Mini Pill?
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Topic: Anyone on the Mini Pill?
Posted By: pepsi
Subject: Anyone on the Mini Pill?
Date Posted: 20 October 2006 at 6:53pm
| My midwife gave me some minipill tablets before she discharged me and I have been using them for the last 3 weeks. After the first week I got my period which lasted a week. The week after that I had no period and today it has started again...wtf is that all about, is this how it is supposed to work or is it some sort of starting thing?? |
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Posted By: EthansMummy
Date Posted: 20 October 2006 at 7:02pm
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Oohhh, i was wondering about that, I have been on the minipill for about a week and the last two days i have had some bleeding. Is it the pill doing this?
------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 20 October 2006 at 7:03pm
| I dont know but i started on it pretty much straight away, had stopped post baby bleeding for about 2 weeks and when i started the mini pill i got my period again and it stayed off and on for about 5 weeks until i had had enough and stopped taking it and then i stopped bleeding and didnt get my period again for about a 6 weeks so I dont know what the story is with it but I sure dont like it. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 20 October 2006 at 7:47pm
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I hated the mini pill because of that reason - the bleeding. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 20 October 2006 at 8:22pm
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OK, when I went on the mini pill I was told 1/3 of women have their period as normal, 1/3 have irregular bleeding, and 1/3 get no period at all.
I went with this and thought I was just not bleeding b/c of the mini pill. No. Pregnant. Anyway... bleeding should settle down after you have been on it for a few months. But if you get nothing then I seriously advise pregnancy tests every now and again! |
Posted By: Suz
Date Posted: 20 October 2006 at 9:31pm
| Hi, I would suggest talking to your midwife/doctor about it. I didn't have anything like that. I had my normal bleeding after birth, then nothing while breastfeeding. I gave up almost a month ago and still had nothing. I have just gone onto the proper pill, so slowly and uneagerly waiting for the arrival. LOL |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 20 October 2006 at 9:35pm
| I was fine for about 5 months and then continuous bleeding 4 4 weeks so i stopped taking it. |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 20 October 2006 at 9:48pm
i've always been on the minipill because of bloodclot history and have never had a prob with bleeding. i must be the 1/3
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 21 October 2006 at 8:38am
Yep totally normal unfortunately! I posted something quite similer a while back. I started taking it and pretty had one week on and one week off bleeding for a couple of months  Settled down eventually...------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Sarah Beth
Date Posted: 21 October 2006 at 9:01am
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I was on the mini pill ages ago as had problems with weight gain with the full pill. I got a period every 2 weeks with the first one I had, the second one no period but broke out everywhere (yuck) and the third seemed to work fine, but I fell pregnant on it. perhaps if this is happening and it is a full period not just some spotting try a different one as what works for some doesn't work for others. ------------- "> 
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 21 October 2006 at 9:15am
| Thanks for all your comments ladies, sounds like it's a pretty common problem. I will chat to my doc next time I see him but for now I'll keep taking it and see if things settle down after another month or so.. |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 24 October 2006 at 11:02am
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I have been on mini pill few weeks after Zaara and I am still on it! I am fully breast feeding still and havent had a period for a year. I dont know if thats normal?? But I think it is! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 24 October 2006 at 12:07pm
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I'm so going off contraception and just being celibate.
I can't deal with any of it! |