Skipped placebo week of pills and now spotting

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I’ve been on BC pills for 15 years and had a bisalp in March. I decided to stay on the pill for now but wanted to skip my period. I have never skipped my period before this, but now that I don’t have to worry about pregnancy, I wanted to try it. I skipped the placebo week and had no bleeding during the first week of my new pill pack. But now I’m going into the 2nd week of pills and am having brown spotting. Is this normal? Did I completely mess up my hormonal cycle by skipping the placebo week? I plan to have my period at the end of this pack and resume like normal but now I’m worried I screwed it all up.

Comments

  1. Vyrnoa Avatar

    You don’t have a normal hormone cycle when you’re on birth control. Spotting can occur for many reasons like external stress, infection, hormonal changes, implantation bleeding.

    If it contenues or becomes frequent I would ask your health provider just to be sure. Otherwise I wouldn’t worry about it

  2. LavishnessStatus Avatar

    Yep it’s normal. If you keep skipping your period it should eventually stop happening.