Lo Loestrin Fe - Missed Periods (Page 18) (Top voted first)

I've been taking Lo Loestrin Fe at the same time every day consistantly for two months with no period... is this normal?

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Okay so ive been on the pill almost 2 years maybe , and taking those pills the 2 years it has stoped my period completly , it doesnt come on unless i stop taking the pilss. Here recently i havnt taken my pills in months and my period hasnt came , could i be pregnet?

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I've been on birth control pills since I was a freshman in high school (I'm now 21, and a senior in college). I've been on at least 4 different types of pills in the last 7 years due to different complications. I've never been pregnant once in these 7 years. There's been months that I would be scared I was pregnant due to a late or missed period but the tests were always negative. Most recently in April, I went to the OBGYN, complaining about the last brand of birth control pills I was using, as they were causing serious irregular bleeding and weight gain. They were called Levonorgestrel or something like that. However when I told my doctor that she said that those were more like a plan-b pill... So I'm assuming that's maybe how I never got pregnant. I take my pills pretty regularly at night. I have an alarm on my phone for 10:00PM, but that doesn't always mean I'm around the pills at 10:00PM. If anything I usually catch my mistakes the very next day. My boyfriend and I have been together for 7 years and we've definitely been having unprotected intercourse for the last three years. Now I'm here two months later at the end of June, and I'm literally terrified that I could be pregnant. I've had no period at all, only mild in and out cramping, but yet my body doesn't feel any different. I haven't noticed any color changes, food aversions, dizziness or nausea. I should have another period in 7-8 days. I see where people have gone months on this pill without but I'm still really scared.

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I started this pill this month and suppose to get my
Pill yesterday. Now it's Friday and I am a day late so I think I will miss mine and my doctor said it's normal and most women experience no periods at all but it still concerns me

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My doctors instructions were to "start the pills on the Sunday after your period starts", but my period started on a Sunday, so do I start taking them (for the 1st time) that day - the same day my period started?

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Hi! So this past month I forgot to take a blue pill on my second week of blue pills but I took it the next day with my regular pill. I did not get any breakthrough bleeding but I did have unprotected intercourse a few days later. On the Lo Loestrin website, it says if you miss one pill you simply just take it when you remember along with the pill you are supposed to take that day and you do not need to use back-up birth control. I finished the pack and never got my period, and now have started my new pack. Could I be pregnant?

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Re: Jane (# 5)

Im with you Jane, I haven't had my period in over 11 months on this pill! Nothing! I will say around month 9 I started getting horrible cystic acne :(

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I am 56 and still fertile. Have been in lo Loestrin de don over a year with no monthly periods

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Re: kelsey (# 3)

Im on my second month as well and experiencing the same thing but I still use condoms as well because I freak out. I have been calling my doctor about this as well. Doctor says it is absolutely normal. Some women do not get a period at all.

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So jan 2017 I got paragaurd put in. I’m a single mom and was sure I didn’t want more kids until I was seriously committed or married. Well it made me heavily bleed for over a month straight until I went anemic. This same time I was diagnosed with ovarian cysts and prescribed Lo Loestrin fe as I had only ever been on bc one other time 11 years ago and it made me suicidal so my dr said Lo Loestrin fe was a Low hormone dose bc. I started taking it in March 2017. The first couple months it made me depressed but not suicidal and I knew it might happen so I told my family and friends to be aware if I started to act weird. I had regular periods that lasted two days. Since going vegan my periods were already shorter and lighter, usually five days. I liked being able to know exactly when I my period would be with birth control. Well, in September I didn’t get a period but I took a test and it was negative so I figured it was from the bc. Then in October I got two heavier, longer periods. No period in nov or dec so I went to the dr because the site says more than one missed period, see your dr. I got blood work done and it was negative. I stopped taking the bc in January because I don’t like not having a period. Well it’s been four weeks and still no period.

My question is: has anyone stopped taking Lo Loestrin fe? And how long after did you period return? I did sleep with the guy I was seeing less than two weeks before the blood test. I took the pills almost every day but never at the same exact time. Usually sometimes in the morning. Is it crazy of me to think that I could be pregnant and the test didn’t read it because the hcg levels weren’t high enough yet? Or is it this bc playing games w me again? Lol

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Re: Erin (# 373)

I would take a test if you are worried. Cramps could be from the bc or pregnancy. It sounds like you are careful so it’s most likely just the birth control but a test may ease your mind.

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Re: CubbieFan (# 321)

I am 46... been in perimenopause since 33. I have an enlarged uterus(about the size of a 3-4month pregnancy) and I had a wonderful 3 day , very few symptoms period throughout my life til I turned 40 and my period was so heavy for 2 days, I couldn't leave my house. The Dr put me on Lolo because I wasn't ready for a hysterectomy. It's been almost 3 years period free, I love it! But I do take the all of pills consistently everyday, still without a period. It's so freeing after the extremely heavy bleeding I was experiencing. I do take a pregnancy test every 3ish months, depending on how much "activity" I enjoy lol. Just for my own peace of mind. Other than some cramping every once in a while about 5 days into the blue pills, its been all good!

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Re: Verwon (# 1)

I been taking Loestrin FE everyday at the same time never missed a dose for PCOS and ended up pregnant.

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hello all, i am on my first pack of loestrin.i started taking them a week after my period. today i started the last row of pills but my period started yesterday and i was cramping friday and saturday. is this normal? my period is usually around the 8th of the mnth but it started officially yesterday. What is going on? should i get a stronger pill? i dont want to see my period.

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It seems like missing a period on lo loestrin is very common or at least I hope. I have taken the last pill for my first pack and still no period, but I am very bloated, still have back pain as if I am about to start my period but nothing, I will wait one more month to see and if nothing again I will switch, I am not very comforted not having a period.

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I have been on the Lo Lo after the Loestrin 24, and periods have been erratic to an extent, two months ago i bled for 4 days, last month spotting & this month i am cramping & irritable but no spots or bleeding. I read the pamphlet that comes with the Rx & it says its normal, as well as most of the ladies here. Been on BC for years, this is both unnerving but comforting to know im not the only one, but periods are like the unfriendly reminder theres no baby on the way, so im still not excited.

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I got my period, if it is my period on the third week of loloestrin fe. Its a lot lighter than usual. Its also my first month on the pill. I was regularly supposed to get my period on the 24th of October, but here I am. I am extremely nauseous and cry at pretty much anuthing. Could it be implantation bleeding or am I just psyching myself out.

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The same thing has happened to me - I am on my 3rd month of taking this, and the first month I had breakthrough bleeding, and the second month, no period. I took a pregnancy test and it came back negative. I never thought I would miss having my period..

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The white pills ARE active pills, so yes - they are important! The brown pills are the only inactive pills, and those can be missed.

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If u arent used to not having period.i wont advice taking this pills.i stop taking this pills after two months,because as we all know havi v no period will always drive you crazy.

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Hey so this actually isn't about missed periods (I don't get periods anymore except for occasional spotting/cramping around the time I should have one and I've been on lo loestrin for a year and a half so yes it is normal to not have periods on this birth control!) so I've been on lo loestrin for a year and five months and for the first few months I got pretty bad bloating for days and sometimes weeks at a time but up until recently I only had some bloating occasionally. Since about February 12th however when I was finishing the last week of my pack I've been having really bad bloating consistently everyday, sometimes on and off and sometimes all day. I also had a bad skin rash that I never got diagnosed but has seemed to have gone away in the past two weeks, and I've almost experience a feeling of shortness of breath, lightheaded ness and a feeling like I'm going to pass out twice when I was eating my first meal of the day in the past month or so. I'm wondering if it's possible this could be from lo loestrin or if it's something else I should go to a doctor for. Thanks

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