Combined pill and period??

[Emily321]

I’ve taken combined pills for a month now and was told to skip the placebo week... which I did but today I got a SUPER heavy period 😳 anyone else have this??

[Chrysta123]

Hiya,

It could potentially be your body getting used to being on the pill but if you skipped the placebo week and just went on to week 4 of the pill then really you should have skipped your period, might just be worth checking with yout doctor or if you aren't too worried waiting and seeing what happens next month if you are planning to skip it again?

I do back to back for 9 weeks, I get the odd bit of spotting but never a full on period

[Emily321 in reply to Chrysta123]

Thanks Chrysta! I took the pill last night which slowed down the bleeding quite a bit. Must be my body getting used to it all. I’m still having pretty bad pain with urination. Do you still have this after taking the pill for a while??

[Chrysta123 in reply to Emily321]

I do get that pain while I am on my period, but the other weeks I don't get any pain (except when I get a UTI not sure if you mean all the time or just when you are on?)

[Emily321 in reply to Chrysta123]

Cool, thanks. Did you used to get that pain more often and now less with the pill? Just trying to figure out if the pain has gone away a bit for people once they started a combined pill. I get it most of the month now as of a few months ago. Before that I’d never experienced it in my life.

[Chrysta123 in reply to Emily321]

I never got it for the whole month but was random days during the month I would get bad pains, I have been on the pill for about 3/3.5 years now and except the very rare random day generally speaking the pains are gone while I am on it (just then start as soon as I come off it for about 7-9 days) I think it is partly about finding a pill that agrees with you as well though, I had to try 3 or 4 different ones before I got one that really helped with near enough no side effects

I hope that helps! But if you want to chat feel free to message me