Sometimes a user may take all her pills correctly and will not get a period. If you are experiencing light bleeding on your active pills that lasts longer than 5 days, or heavier bleeding lasting more than 3 days, contact your provider. Contraceptive effectiveness is present even with spotting, as long as no pills have been missed. Some may notice some mild menstrual cramping with the spotting but this should resolve for most by the third pack of pills as well. By the third pack of pills, 90% of users are no longer experiencing spotting. This is a common side effect during the first 3 months of birth control pills use and up to 50% of users may experience this. This is vaginal bleeding that occurs during your active pills. If you develop new headaches while on birth control pills, contact your provider.
If you notice persistent discomfort or a discrete lump, make an appointment with your provider. Usually it gets better within a few weeks. The tenderness can be reduced by decreasing your caffeine and salt intake and by wearing a bra with good support. Mild breast tenderness or enlargement may occur after starting birth control pills. If you have persistent problems or unusually severe nausea, contact your provider. Taking your pill with food or taking it before bedtime may help. Usually this goes away within a short time. Some users experience some mild nausea when first starting birth control pills. There are minor side effects and also rare but serious side effects. Like all medicines, birth control pills have possible side effects that you need to be aware of. Unless you are taking your pill packs "back to back" without a placebo break, your period occurs each cycle, a few days after completing the active pills. Monophasic and multiphasic pills are equally effective. There are also multiphasic pills (most commonly triphasic) contain slightly different amounts of hormone throughout the active pills. Pills can be monophasic, with all pills containing the same dosage. "Seasonal" packs: Pill packs with 11 weeks of active pills and 1 week of placebo pills. There are several types of pill packs:Ģ8 day pill packs: 3 weeks of active hormone pills and 1 week placebo pillsĢ1 day pill packs: 3 weeks of active hormone pills only.Ģ4 day pill packs: 24 days of active pills and 4 days of placebo pills. They work primarily by preventing ovulation, and also help to prevent pregnancy by thinning the lining of the uterus and thickening the mucus on the cervix (the neck of the uterus). These hormones are synthetic versions of naturally occurring hormones. Most birth control pills contain two hormones: estrogen and progesterone.
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