Birth Control Pill Brands

[tcb0609]

I was on Triphasil 28 for 4 years and am only off now because I am TTC. I never had any problems with them at all and will get back on the same brand after I have my children. Your doc should be able to recommend one that's right for you....just ask him!

[siobhan]

I'm on Yasmin and beside making me really weepy at anything, it's working well.

One word of advice about orthotricyclin. I was on for about four years. Then I started having unexplained bleeding that took the doctors along time to figure out. It turns out that it just stopped working.

So keep an eye out for any symptoms that seem like it might not be working.

[Hezza]

Pardon?
I've had this discussion with many doctors as I have always been paranoid about getting pregnant. They all said it's not possible for it to "just stop" working.
How on earth did they explain that to you?
But now that someone mentioned it, it was Triphasil I was on when I was young, oopsy!

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[siobhan]

It was a couple of years ago, so I can't remember verbatim how it was explained, but it turned out the intense bleeding that I was having was 'breakthrough' bleeding. Which sounds benign seeing as much as I was bleeding at the time.

Essentially, the hormone levels were not strong enough for me anymore, which might have had to do with me getting older and out of puberty, I don't really know.

It's wierd, and I was pretty angry about it at the time, because I also, didn't think that BC could just stop, but according the my gyno, it did.

[paramedik1]

before I had my tubes tied I was on Levlite 28 and had no problems