Missed Pills

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Hey all,

I just wanted to get some input on this... I'm taking ortho tri-cyclen, and have been for a while. I missed two pills in the middle of the second week, nearly two weeks ago. Stupidly, I didn't read the instructions (will never happen again), and took the pills for the rest of the week normally. My period started after missing the two pills, which is what reminded me to take them finally. So after the week ended, I decided to read the instructions and saw that I was supposed to take two for each day after missing two... oops. I figured I'll start a new pack, since I already have my period and then it will hopefully restart the cycle.

Well, I had my period throughout the first week of pills and now I'm on day 11 I believe, and I am having minimal bleeding, I would describe it as spotting. I have never spotted for this long after a period, and it's probably the mix up with the pills... but I am not sure how bad this is or if I should see a doctor... or if it is somewhat normal due to the circumstances and I should just continue to take the pills. How long should spotting be before it is considered dangerous to the body? As in, if it's still going next week, I should probably see a doctor if I haven't already?

Thanks for any advice