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Hey girls, I'm back again! So, I've been on Yaz for about a year and a half now... but like, a month ago, instead of my usual period, I just got this weird, brownish discharge. It totally freaked me out so I stopped taking the Yaz immediately. I went to see my doctor and ran some tests... turns out, I'm not pregnant! Fast forward to today—exactly 28 days since that weird discharge happened—and my period finally showed up. But it’s nothing like what I'm used to. It started off pretty heavy, but the blood looks super strange, almost like an orange tint? Has anyone else dealt with this? Please help!😕😕😕
brightbear said:were you maybe dieting or just super stressed out around month 6???
Sorry, I’ve been MIA for a few days—honestly, between all the stress and trying to stick to a diet, plus getting totally soaked and freezing my butt off this past Saturday... I’m really, really hoping that’s what did it.
First off, hey everyone! I’m super new to this forum and I really hope I’m in the right place 😉
So, here’s the deal. I’m 30, and my period has always been a total nightmare—like, seriously painful stuff, we're talking vomiting and passing out kind of bad
For the last year and a half, I’ve been on Yasmin and it’s honestly been a lifesaver... until these last two packs! Before my second-to-last pack, I finished it up, then took the remaining 3 pills just to be safe before taking my 7-day break. My period was pretty heavy then. But now, after finishing my last pack on June 20th, nothing happened. Well, not really. What I actually got was so tiny I wouldn't even call it a period—just one day of a little brownish spotting. Since I’m a bit of a paranoid person, I ended up taking 4 different tests over the last two weeks (thank God, they were all negative). I even went to see my OBGYN yesterday, and she basically told me it was "just a light period" because birth control thins out the uterine lining, making periods lighter and lighter. She also thinks I’m ovulating right now and said my next one should come back to normal without me needing to do anything to trigger it.
Has anyone else gone through something like this? Please let me know!