Ladies, tell me about birth control pills/spotting (TMI)

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I’ve been ridiculously regular my whole menstrual life, especially, of course, since I went on birth control pills years ago. I’m approaching menopause, and even right through the BCP’s, I started feeling some nasty emotional upsets. I went to my gynecologist, and she switched me from my low-hormone-dose BCP to a slightly higher one, and I’m about 2.5 weeks into this new dosage.

For the first time in many years, I have slightly tender nipples, and for the first time ever in my life, I’m bleeding a bit before my due date. I’m pretty sure this is my body’s way of reacting to the slightly different hormone dose, but given my utter inexperience with spotting, I thought I’d check in here.

And yes, I have a call in to my doc, and am awaiting her return call, but in the meantime I was trying to get an idea of what constitutes normalcy.

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I tried about ten different brands of pills before I found one that didn’t give me side effects (spotting, cramps, zits, etc). They all seem to respond differently to different women’s bodies. I wouldn’t worry about it; if you’re still having problems in a month, you could try a different brand.