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> Is anyone out there a minipill taker? I have had two " periods "

lately (5 weeks apart) after 22 months without. Anyone like to hazard

a guess why?

>

> Anneliese and Toddler Tim

Anneliese,

I meant to respond to this a couple of days ago and hadn't because of

newsletter deadlines and having to dig around in teh recycling for the

minipill leaflet. So now I've dug around and can't do anything more on

the newsletter until I get the file with an article that I still need

to put in :)

I've been having the same experience. My periods came back at 18

months post-partum and have been extremely erratic.

1st: light/normal

2nd: 3 weeks later, spotting for 2 days

3rd: 4 weeks later, light/normal

4th: 2 weeks later, spotting for 3 days

My periods without outside hormonal control were always 34 to 35 days.

Anyway, I dug out the leaflet from the box and it says under 'Special

Warnings':

" Your periods may become irregular while you are on this pill i.e. the

length of time between periods may vary. For example, you might have a

28-day cycle followed by a 17-day cycle followed by a 35-day cycle

etc. This irregularity tends to be greater during the first few

months. " (and then a bit further on: " but if you have gone 45 days

without a period, stop taking MICRONOR and contact your doctor so that

he/she can make sure you are not pregnant. " )

I don't know which pill you use, but this one is a progestogen only

one with (let me look) 350 micrograms norethisterone.

So, yes, you are supposed to have periods, but no, they aren't

necessarily going to be like anything you've had before. (I've also

had crashing headaches each time, something I never had before)

HTH,

Phyllis

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> Is anyone out there a minipill taker? I have had two " periods "

lately (5 weeks apart) after 22 months without. Anyone like to

hazard a guess why?

>

I had the same when I was on the minipill after the births of both my

girls. As far as I can remember (and they are now 15 and 12!) I had

very irregular and heavy bleeding very close together. I seem to

recall having no periods until about 7 months after the birth and

then episodes of bleeding lasting up to 10 days and then a break of

about a week followed by another episode of bleeding. I was

exhausted but fortunately this was quite close to the time I gave up

BF so I went back to the normal combined pill.

Akiko

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