irregular bleeding and bc.

[jleighpark.livejournal.com]

Soo... I'm not too worried, but figured I'd post to see if anyone had any input.
About a week ago I took myself off my birth control prescription (Mircette). I'd been on it for about 8 - 9 months, after short hiatus from being on b.c. for a few years.
Obviously, I expected to start my period a few days after I stopped taking it... I'm usually a VERY light bleeder and only bleed for about 3-4 days. I was suprised that I started after missing only one pill (I was mid-cycle, so I wasn't really expecting it to be that quick) and it's been HEAVY since. I realize 'heavy' for me might be different than for someone else, but according to this 1-6 scale, I'd say I'm at a 5.5-6... whereas I'm usually around 1.5. Big difference for me. Also...it's a different color... it's more of a raspberry color (forgive the comparison) than a blood color. The smell is different, as well. Not bad, just different.
Am I being overly sensitive to the changes? Obviously, messing with hormones will do some funny things to your body... AND I've been majorly stressed over the past couple of weeks (moving, new job, boyfriend moving across country... FUN!)... but has anyone else had a similar experience? Thanks!!

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[xdreamsofdramax.livejournal.com]

I do the same thing when I come off of my birth control. I'm not usually as light as you, but I absolutely get that heavy when I'm off the pill, especially for the first month. Last time I went off of my pills, the first month I literally couldn't sit through dinner without needing to get up and change a super tampon. So it definitely could just be the birth control being dropped plus the stress being added in...

[jleighpark.livejournal.com]

That's what I figured, but thanks for re-affirming it for me! Glad I'm not the only one. =)

[queensugar.livejournal.com]

When I was on HBC, my periods virtually disappeared entirely. They used to be about 1.5 days of light brown spotting. This was very regular.

When I quit HBC last month in the middle of a pack, the period that started was almost as heavy as it was before I had ever taken HBC. It was bright red, and went on for five days.

So basically, the point of this anecdote is that it's very normal for stopping HBC to cause some bleeding you're not used to. I'd give it a couple of months to see if your cycles return to what was normal for you before HBC.