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Is It OK If I Missed A Pill From My Birth Control ?
hie doctor iam on contraceptive pill and i skipped the brown pills that i was suposed to take first week of january so i continued with the white ones and my period was due for 1st week of february but the flow was so low is this normal
Sun, 27 Feb 2011
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The brown pills in contraceptives are iron pills which act as placebo and cause bleeding during pill free period.If you skip the brown pills ans continue with white pills there may not be any period at all or bleeding will be very less.
Dr. Rakhi Tayal
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The brown pills in contraceptives are iron pills which act as placebo and cause bleeding during pill free period.If you skip the brown pills ans continue with white pills there may not be any period at all or bleeding will be very less.
Dr. Rakhi Tayal
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