Started new BC Sunday...period stopped??? - Birth Control Message Board

geema7 · 12-02-2008, 04:47 PM

I am just a little confused. I just start a new birth control (the patch) on Sunday, because I was supposed to do a Sunday start. On the Thursday before, I started getting a little brown spotting which was normal because my period always comes at the end of the month. Same Friday, and Saturday - although on Saturday there was a tiny bit of red as well...but still just mostly brown flow. So I assumed that it was the start of my period - since like I said, it should have come then - and started my bc on Sunday. Then by Monday, my "period" was pretty much gone. Is that normal? I am confused because normally it would still be a few days longer, and usually after a few days of brown spotting like that is when the real period comes. But now...nothing. Could it be the birth control that made it stop? Did I start at the wrong time? I hope I didn't mess up my cycle...and now I'm wondering if I need to use back-up for more than the standard 1 week....any suggestions???

Watersigh · 12-02-2008, 06:26 PM

It's possible the initial spotting on Thursday was the start of your period, in which case that's pretty standard that once you started on the patch, it would have probably made the period stop. When I was on microgestin, whenever I would still have my period on Sunday, I would start my new pill on that day, and the bleeding would be gone by Monday.

It always takes your body time to adjust to being on birth control because your hormone levels have to get used to having the new level of hormones being put into your body. Anything can happen, like more bleeding or less bleeding. I wouldn't assume anything went wrong.

However, the patch has a notorious profile for causing blood clots in women who use it, so make sure you keep an eye on any strange leg or calf pain that you experience while you're using it. If you feel any strange pains that you didn't feel before, especially in your calf, then call your doctor immediately because blood clots in the leg are very dangerous and it's the main reason why there are so many class action lawsuits against the company who created the patch.