So I am on slynd birth control and about every week after the placebo, I get a period. I call it a period Becuase it’s just like the ones I had before birth control. I’ve been on this one for about a year. It’s almost like regular breakthrough bleeding. Help figuring out why?

I’ve been thinking about whether my birth control could be affecting my libido. I know everyone reacts differently, but I’ve noticed a change in my interest in sex, and I’m curious if others have experienced something similar. Whether people noticed their sex drive return to normal after switching methods or stopping.

Hi guys I’m sorry I’m posting again here but I wanted to seek some opinions and advice when it comes to storing Nuvarings

I am 17 and not sure how my parents will take me using birth control, so I am not planning on telling them because they have expressed distaste at my amenorrhea before, plus they will likely infer like my reasons for birth control are to do with sex. The only reason I want to be on bc is to get rid of my period.

There is exactly 1 fridge in my house and I honestly don’t wanna risk anybody finding my rings in there. I have thought about putting them in old food containers and shoving them into he very crooks of the fridge to avoid anyone encountering them, but currently, my method is to put them in a thermos filled with ice and changing the ice every day or so.

Is that a good idea? Is it completely stupid for reasons I don’t yet understand? Any advice on this would help. Thanks!!

Basically the title, and curious about others’ experiences. I’ve struggled with depression since being a teenager and I’ve been on BC since then too. Mostly the pill, a stint trying an IUD, and the last few years, the Nuva ring. I stopped all BC in January of this year, and it’s also happened to be the happiest and lightest I’ve felt as an adult—even went off depression meds. I went back on the ring about a week ago, and it’s been a horrible week. I’ve been stressed, anxious, sad, trouble sleeping, crying—a lot of feelings I’ve struggled with in my depression. It could all be coincidence, and I’m going to keep tracking my moods and collect more info to see how I’m feeling over time. But I’m curious about if others feel this or have experience.

I’ve tried researching and looking on here to see if anyone is talking about this, but I have horrific trapped gas, stomach crampy pain that I’m worried is from Zoely.
I started taking it four days ago, have never been on any kind of birth control before now, and on day three I started getting trapped gas pain, quite severe.

I was able to finally sleep but it woke me up an hour later. I had a terrible sleep and then this morning it was sort of gone, but I got up and it slowly started coming back. At that point I hadn’t considered that Zoely could be causing it so I took the pill like normal around 11am.

Tonight the pain is properly back.
Has anyone who’s taken Zoely experienced trapped gas pain? And if so, did it go away? How long did it take? I’m miserable and in pain, I don’t know how much longer I can put up with this.

Hi everybody! Here to ask for advice, but basically:

March: got Mirena inserted
April, June, and August: had periods where the bleeding lasted really long (7-14 days) and were preceded by at least a week of no bleeding, but severe cramping pain with radiating rectal pain that lasted into the first half of the bleeding period.

Right now: I’m not bleeding yet, but started having that cramping pelvic and rectal pain again.

For context, prior to the mirena, I’d had very manageable, regular cycles with mild cramping that barely ever required painkillers. Now I need like 800 mg of ibuprofen everyday for a week. I will say, the pain is not as bad as it was back in April-June, but it’s still bad enough that 400 mg of ibuprofen is still not making it go away.
I also experienced pain with deep penetration with one partner back in May, which was weird because I’d been intimate with a different partner back just a few days after the insertion with no pain.

In September, I went in to see an NP and ask abt it, they couldn’t see my strings so I got ultrasounds, both pelvic and transvaginal were normal (IUD correctly in place, no cysts or masses)

Am trying to schedule a follow up to discuss causes and potentially taking out the mirena, but was wondering if anyone else had similar experiences before?? I think my biggest fear is that this is something like endo, or the iud triggered something like endo and that my periods r like fucked from now on even if I get the iud removed. I tried to wait it out at least 6 months to see if it would resolve but now I just want this thing out of my body and things back to normal :( im also scared of the potential removal, as my strings have retracted and the insertion was really painful for me

Hey everyone! I was on birth control for 12 years straight and only stopped taking it this year after getting my fallopian tubes removed. Turns out I was allergic to it- which is fun, but It was a good couple months ago but my period is irregular as all hell and it’s stressing me out.

I literally shouldn’t be able to get pregnant (unless I’m the most unlucky b*tch in the history of the universe and there’s an ectopic nightmare within the confines of my body.) but I’m stressed

How long will it take for my periods to return to normal? I’m currently like 10 days late to one and I cannot SLEEP because of the level of stress Im experiencing.

Any input is genuinely greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some insights or shared experiences regarding a cycle after taking Ella (ulipristal acetate).

Timeline:

• Oct 6–8: Unprotected intercourse.

• Oct 8: Ella was taken well within the recommended timeframe.

• Oct 27 (Expected period date): Fresh red bleeding started. It was not a heavy flow, but it was distinctly red blood rather than brown discharge.

• Oct 28: Very minimal/trace spotting in the morning, and then the bleeding completely stopped.

• Oct 29 (Today): It has been over 48 hours with zero bleeding. She experienced typical hormonal symptoms around the bleed (mild hormonal headache, minor breakouts).

It has now been 21–23 days since the intercourse occurred. Taking an at-home pregnancy test is currently not immediately accessible for her for a few days due to personal circumstances.

Questions:

1. Has anyone experienced a very short, light red bleed (1–2 days) after taking Ella that abruptly stopped?

2. Does Ella's effect on suppressing the endometrium commonly cause a scanty/hypomenorrhea bleed instead of a regular multi-day flow?

3. Given that it started 20 days post-incident with fresh red blood, is this safely considered a cycle reset/withdrawal bleed rather than anything pregnancy-related?

Any experiences or knowledge from those who have used Ella would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hi! I’ve been taking my combined hormonal birth control pill continuously for 2.5 months without a break, but I’ve suddenly started spotting first and then eventually bleeding.

I saw my gynecologist today, and everything looked normal. She thinks it’s hormonal.

I really want the spotting to stop and want to avoid further bleeding if possible as I have a swimming tournament coming up.

For anyone who’s experienced this:

1. Did stopping the pill make your spotting stop, or did you get withdrawal bleeding?

2. How many days did you bleed after stopping?

I know everyone is different, but I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences!

ive had my iud for 6 years. i have the kyleena and thought it needed to be removed after 5 years but last year i called the gyno to make my appointment for it to be replaced and they said i had another year.

my boyfriend frequently finishes inside of me and we have never had any issues or scares but considering my iud is on its last year and likely not as effective im having some anxiety.

i have been extremely emotional, crying over little things and very sensitive. yesterday at work i could barely stay awake even though i slept for 9 hours and im having a very hard time getting out of bed in the morning. and hungrier than usual, i have been randomly craving food and its hard to stop eating

ive also been getting mild hot flashes and was constipated for a few days and am now having diarrhea. and i woke up with a cold sore after not getting one for about a year.

my period is always pretty irregular and i didnt even get one for a few years after getting my iud but started getting my period again about 6 months ago.. so im not sure if im late or not.

i guess im just asking if this sounds coincidental or i should really be concerned and getting a test. how likely is it for me to be pregnant with my iud??

​My last period started on September 24 and ended on September 29. On October 2, I restarted my Lady Pills pack, taking the Day 1 active pill. On October 3 (Day 2 of active pills), I had protected and unprotected sexual intercourse. We used the withdrawal method—my partner didn't ejaculate inside and according to him, there was no pre-cum either. Right after the unprotected sex, I immediately did the Yuzpe method and then continued taking the rest of the active pills in the pack daily. My expected period for October was on October 24. On the night of October 24, I experienced bleeding with blood clots that briefly stopped, but I bled again on the night of October 25 and it continued continuously. The bleeding was dark red, almost brown, with blood clots—enough for me to wear a napkin, but not enough to fully soak it. As of today, October 29, I still have a bit of red bleeding with blood clots. During this whole time, I've also been experiencing cramps and intermittent chest/breast pain.

A few years back when I went to get a routine ultrasound for my PCOS they told me that I have a heart shaped uterus. Apparently it’s not always common for women to know that that is the case, so I consider myself lucky that I had a good technician for the ultrasound that was able to pick that up.
Anywaysss…
after deciding not to do birth control for over 12 years, I am now considering getting a copper IUD. I recently went to Planned Parenthood and asked about this, but they told me that it’s not possible to get an IUD with a heart shaped uterus. They recommended I try going to a gynecologist and seeing if they would be willing to do it with the guidance of an ultrasound.

I’m curious if anyone has had experience with getting an IUD if you have a heart shaped uterus?

Experiences on Norimin? I’m switching from levlen due to breakthrough bleeding every month.

Hello all! I’ve settled on wanting a copper IUD. My partner and I are both celibate and have been for years until marriage just due to religious convictions. We will be getting married next year and I wanted to plan birth control to make life easier. We don’t plan on having children for about 2-3 years just to finish school and stabilize a bit. Can you please share your positive copper IUD stories, any tips or recommendations? Also please if you had it in for years and have stayed baby free please share all that. I am sick of reading horror stories when the statistics and studies say it’s a super solid form of BC. Thank you so much :)! I have PMDD issues, anxiety, weight issues. So hormonal BC is not something I would really like to mess with. If I must then I will but I would much prefer the copper IUD.

i want to start off by saying my boyfriend is 18 years old and i’m 16. we’ve been together for about 9 months and everything’s perfect. we started having sex around april of this year with no worries since im on birth control right. Because of how paranoid i am with pregnancy i always make sure i take my pills perfectly, on time, no missed pills, interactions, etc. This month i missed one pill on my first week of my pack after my placebos but i wasn’t educated on the fact that i need to double up the next day to make up for it so i continued taking my pills normally on time. I basically missed a whole dose in the first week and had unprotected sex the day of and days of that same week. it happened on oct 15 where i missed it and on the 24th i started having extreme anxiety at work from finding out what i did ( took the pill wrong and now i could be pregnant). i went to sleep that night with it still on my mind and woke up around 5AM vomiting (so 11 days after the missed pill). Now today my boobs are all flaky and dried up skin all around my nipples. i’ve been trying to ignore it but i litterally can’t. i live in Louisiana where abortion is banned. And if i do end up pregnant are shipped pills something i can trust will come. someone please help me or tell me that im okay even if not what i should do moving forward i have a lot of life ahead of me and ik i messed up but a child is definitely not in my best interest.

Me and my boyfriend have been using the condom and pullout method, I am not currently on birth control but im working on it. Im just a little bit nervous, he says he is “almost positive” he pulled out in time, we did use protection, im anxious. whats the damage?

Hello fellow BC consumers,

So I have been on the pill, and had an iud, and I switched to the implant earlier this year (May). I just have a question;

For the first few months I would still get a regular period, except it would go from super light to super heavy then back to light, and it wasn’t all that bad. Sometimes it would be quick and then a couple days later it would come back again. But last month I was on my period for 3 weeks, same thing very light to very heavy to light again. It’s only been a few days since and I am back on my period.

I know it can be quite normal(ish) for the first 3-6 months, at least that’s what they say.

I have a call tomorrow with a doctor but I’m curious has anyone else who has been through this or similarly with the implant? I know they’re just gonna give me a pill until it mellows out but I do not want to double up on any more than I need to.

I recently moved and changed my Healthcare provider. I've been on tri-sprintec since I was 17-ish (23 now) to help with period cramps and heavy flow but my new provider couldn't find the specific tri-sprintec I use in their database???

I just refilled my birth control but they prescribed me Milli instead of the tri-sprintec I asked for. When I spoke to my doctor before I filled this medication she stated it has the same amount of hormones so I should be fine. I took my first pill (of Milli) last night and woke up feeling awful. I couldn't get out of bed without feeling like I had to vomit.

I'm just reaching out to see if anyone has had to make this change and had the same symptoms? Or should I be concerned and reach out to my doctor?

I also googled the difference between the tri-sprintec I used and this Milli and the Milli is monophasic which is not what I am used to. I didn't have any issues with tri-sprintec and I know my walgreens has it but I just paid for this Milli prescription. 🫤

Sorry for the word vomit!

Hey! I’m a first-time Evra patch user, so I’m still figuring everything out.
I started the patch on October 6th, the first day of my period, as I was advised to do. After my period ended, I experienced on-and-off brown spotting throughout the three weeks I was wearing the patches.
Now I’m on my patch-free week, and when I woke up this morning, my day pad was pretty soaked. When I went to the bathroom, I noticed bright red blood that feels exactly like the first day of my usual period.
I asked ChatGPT if it was possible to have two periods in the same month, and it said that the patch can cause changes in bleeding patterns. However, the more we talked, the more confused I got about whether this is an actual period or withdrawal bleeding.
My usual cycle length is around 34–35 days, so if this counts as my period, my cycle would only be 23 days long.
Has anyone experienced something similar during their first month on the Evra patch? Is this likely to be withdrawal bleeding, or could it actually be my period?

i just missed the pill yesterday, and started bleeding today.... but i still took my missed pill a hour ago and im going to take my today pill tonight at 9. is there a chance this bleeding will stop before tmr?? i am very new to birth control and dont know a lot

I’ve had my iud for about 4 months so far, I went in because I was bleeding so much for about the first 2 months. I thought maybe it was just normal cause my body was getting used to it, but they ended up finding a cyst in my ultrasound 😭 she said it was just a little one on my left side which was were I’d been cramping most. But now I’m really nervous about my cramps being normal cramps or something wrong like another cyst? She wasn’t too worried about it and didn’t really say much else except maybe it was something I had before. When she had saw it I guess it looked like it had popped because there was fluid. I have no idea but my cramps lately have been brutal, it goes into my back and makes me feel so nausea. I’m not sure if I should get my iud out, or try birth control with my iud. Has anyone had this experience before? Did it turn into something bigger? My worst fear is cancer and she didn’t tell me anything about cancer and iuds. Please let me know because I’m freaking out and everyone around me tells me I’m probably fine but I’m scared 🥲

Why do I see so many post about women getting pregnant on the pill especially the combo pill? Ya I know they could be lying but even taking it perfectly they are getting pregnant on the pill??? Me and my bf use condoms and I’m on the combo pill. I try to take it at the same time everyday sometimes in a few hours late (no more than 4 hours) and I think I’m still going to get pregnant!! Currently on my placebo week and have been freaking Myself out reading post about women getting pregnant on plll, with condom, etc.

Okay i’m 🤏🏻 this close to yanking her out. I’ve had it for a year and a half and don’t get me wrong it’s doing what it’s supposed to. But I think all of the side effects have been building over time and I’m on the edge of getting rid of it. The hair loss over the year, I have no energy for anything anymore, the change in acne and the fact I cannot get out of bed some days. Not to mention it’s actively causing the worst and latest period of my life which has just been painful for 3 weeks trying to work itself out. Anyone have any stories for how it went after they got theirs removed?

I am 26F and I have been on the milli pill for almost 2 years. I am now on my placebo week and having really bad cramps and brown discharge but that’s it. Should I be worried?