The pill- period at the wrong time?!

define_truth

I can think of a couple of reasons why this could have happened...

What kind of birth control are you on? I'm pretty sure that you can't use the triphasic birth control to skip a period. Are your pills three different colours (a different colour every week)? Ortho Tricylen-Lo is an example of a triphasic birth control. If all your pills are the same colour, like Alesse is, then you can use them to skip a period.

The only other thing that I can think of is that sometimes when you try to skip a period with BC, you can get breakthrough bleeding, which can be light or it can sometimes seem as heavy as a regular period. But it usually doesn't last as long as a regular period.

Either way, I personally wouldn't worry too much and would continue to take the birth control as normal, but I would mention it to my doctor at my next appointment.

Thisby

As define_truth said, it could be because you're on a tri-phasil. You can't do it with those. But I have to add that a lot of women can't do it with mono-phasil pills either. I just love how doctors say "it's okay to skip your period" with no concern about how it seems to leave a LOT of women a spotting/bleeding mess all month. I tried it (under Dr's orders) on three separate pills and none worked. It was worse than my period because it dragged on and on. My advice would be: don't try it, unless you're willing to risk endless spotting/bleeding instead. They really should do more studies on it...