Hi everyone I really need to know if it is normal to experience spotting for days between periods. I started taking oral contraception pills in april due to very irregular periods, and I have been spotting a bit every month. But this time I have now been spotting for 6 days - just a little bit every day - still having 2 pills left ind the package and don´t expect my period until wednesday/thursday next week. I have had 3-4 days this month where I took the pill 4 hours later than normal - can that cause the mess? Or is it just that the pills aren´t strong enough to hold back the period when I am peri with fluctuating hormones? I would really like to hear your experience :-) Troldepus
For me progesterone was enough to stop the endless spotting.
Seems to me the bcp would be doing that job, but apparently not.
I would call your gyn and see what they recommend. Maybe you need to be on a lower or higher strength bcp? Or maybe you could just try straight progesterone.
At age 51 I am having similar issues. My periods are excruciatingly heavy, and generally arrive on time (occasionally, I will skip a month). I did have a biopsy this past spring, which was thankfully normal. I have experienced spotting. This month has been horrible…two periods in one month, and continual spotting (in between). Still spotting. My gyn suggested progesterone pills earlier this year, but I resisted. I just didn’t want to introduce any hormones to the mix. Apparently, that is the only solution (in my case). Perhaps I will try progesterone.
I used an OTC progesterone cream that I got off the internet. And I didn’t even use as much as suggested. It really worked to help control the constant spotting and my last vag u/s showed my uterus wasn’t as thick.
I don’t blame you for not wanting to do oral pills, but maybe give the cream a whirl?