Heavy bleeding

[Char19931]

Hello, I recently started bleeding bleeding after accidentally missing 2 of my contraceptive pills whilst on holiday. It got worse in the week so I went to the doctors, they didn’t test for anything just examined my tummy and said the bleeding will be because of missed pills. I went back today as the bleeding had become constantly heavy but again they said it is normal for this to happen. They did a pregnancy test but that is negative. I have decided to stop taking my pill now anyway as we are going to try for a baby but wondered if anyone else has experienced this type of bleeding and how long I should expect it to go on for as it is driving me mad!

[Cooper27]

If you have a continuous pill that stopped your period entirely, then you are experiencing a withdrawal bleed, which is standard. I would expect it to last around a week, maybe a touch longer, but if you've been bleeding for more than about 9-10 days, I'd go back to your doctor.

[Char19931 in reply to Cooper27]

I don’t have a continuous pill I usually have a week break.

[Cooper27 in reply to Char19931]

I'd expect any bleeding to be the same as when you have your week break - I think it might last a bit longer because you're body will expect you to start taking the pill again, so it might be a touch confused.