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Old 11-16-2006, 12:49 PM   #1
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Unusual Period Skip

I've been on OTC Lo for almost two years now with no major problems. When I started taking the pills my first period was about 8 days long (much longer than usual), and the rest after that were just fine. I always get my period on Tuesday mornings (usually around the same time), when I'm supposed to take the third green placebo pill.
I always go through the same experience, feeling bloated, my chest gets bigger and sore, occasional cramps, etcetc.

I've only had one incident where my period was a day late and just slightly lighter than usual. This happened months ago... I got it on a Wednesday instead of a Tuesday, but it was still relatively normal.

Well, this time the same thing happened. I didn't get my period on Tuesday all day, till later at night around 9pm or so I felt crams and a little bit of pink blood started coming out. I was really happy that it finally happened and I assumed that it was my period.
Well, the next morning I woke up and hardly anything was coming out. I thought it would be fine, so I went on about my day. In the evening I changed the tampon (sorry for the details), but the blood wasn't exactly all red... it was mostly brown. I was still hoping my real period would come... but it never really did.
Now I don't feel as bloated and whatnot, but I'm not experiencing any cramps at all, and there is hardly anything coming out, just small amounts of pink, kinda like when your period is about to stop but there is still some blood there. This stuff isn't brown or red, it's just pink.

... But yea, my periods usually last only about 4½ days... so it's supposed to stop on Saturday, but it's Thursday and I can pretty much say that I didn't even get my full period.

This has never happened to me before and honestly I'm getting kinda worried. I never skip pills anymore since I'm used to taking them every single day at the same time. The only time I did take it about 30 minutes later than usual is a couple of weeks ago with the time changes and everything I had to take it either really early (which is inconvenient for me), or 30 or so minutes later... which is what I did.

Should I be worried? What should I do at this point? Wait till I get it, or wait to see if I get my next period?
Thanks for any suggestions. I don't want to get overly worried about it but I don't want to assume that everything is fine since this is the first time I've ever experienced anything like this.

Last edited by MoonLight0; 11-16-2006 at 01:01 PM.

 
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Old 11-17-2006, 02:11 PM   #2
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Re: Unusual Period Skip

Ok, well I took a pregnancy test last night and it was negative. I still have a period but it's very light.
I plan on taking another test tonight, and if it is negative I shouldn't have to worry about it, right?
Or should I just go to the clinic and ask them about it?
I also read the pill leaflet last night and it says that it's normal for periods to be irregular or light/heavy at times. I guess I'll rely on that at this point even though my periods have been relatively normal and regular for 2 years since I started the pill (except the one time it was late a day, and now).

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