AF timing w/ BCP's

pooky · 02-11-2003, 01:12 PM

I'm curious. Since we're dealing with pcos is it normal for af to wait a few days after our last real pill before she stops by.

I'm a Sunday starter so my last pill before af is on a Saturday.

How soon she visits has vaired from one pill to another.

I know when I was on the ortho tri cyclen she didn't show up until Thursday. I was perfectly happy with only having to deal with her for about 3 days, but I was wondering if this was normal. It seemed a little weird that it took about 5 days of no pills for things to start up.

While I was on loestrin I would start on Sunday or Monday. I also had breakthrough bleeding though with the loestrin.

I'm on ortho cyclen now so we'll see how long it takes. Nothing yet though.

Just curious.

Thanks!!!

jannie_b · 02-17-2003, 10:33 AM

I'm on Yasmin. My last pill is on Thursday and I don't usually get AF until the following Tuesday. When I was on Diane-35, I got AF on Monday. When I was on Alesse, it started Saturday. (I'm always a Friday starter.)

For me, it can vary by a day or so, but overall it's pretty consistent. Like you, I don't mind only having a 2-3 day visit!

Janet