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What Causes Vaginal Bleeding After Stopping Birth Control Pill?

I have been on the birth control pill for 6 months. I had my period a week ago and I decided to stop taking the pill completely a few days after my period ended and last night I got what I think is my period again. Is this normal? It s just as heavy as a normal period but I m nervous since I had my period already last week .
Wed, 18 Mar 2015
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Hello
Thank you for asking the question.
You are taking pills for 6 months. Once you are on pill then you get period only when you stop the pill.
You get the period while in pill, it happens if you missed any dosage or there is decrease in effect of drug.
So you get the period while on pill. You again get the period when you stopped the pill. That is known as withdrawal bleeding and which is normal whenever you stop the pill.so no need to worry.
Hope this will helpful to you.
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What Causes Vaginal Bleeding After Stopping Birth Control Pill?

Hello Thank you for asking the question. You are taking pills for 6 months. Once you are on pill then you get period only when you stop the pill. You get the period while in pill, it happens if you missed any dosage or there is decrease in effect of drug. So you get the period while on pill. You again get the period when you stopped the pill. That is known as withdrawal bleeding and which is normal whenever you stop the pill.so no need to worry. Hope this will helpful to you.