Hello,
I stopped birth control about 3 weeks ago. A week after I stopped I had a with drawl bleed for about 3 days. Now a week later I started my "period" and it has been lasting 8 days! I'm going crazy! It has been very heavy for the last 4 days also. Has anyone else had this issue?
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Hi MN,
It is actually a very common side effect after coming off of birth control.
Birth control controls your hormones while you are on them. They help to prevent from getting pregnant which is because your body does not release an egg or ovulate. When you stop taking them your body all of a sudden has these hormones raging through its body and doesn't know what to do, so it ovulates, releases an egg and PRESTO you bleed and bleed.
If you went to the ER or your doctor amazingly enough they would put you back on a high dose to stop the bleeding or at least slow it down. It isn't pleasant but your body will adjust.
The only time it is ever dangerous to bleed this amount is if you are filling and changing a pad every hour. Passing clots bigger than the size of your fist. Or bleeding progressively gets worse and doesn't stop at all or you start bleeding from other places in your body as well.
Good luck and hope this helps
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