In most cases, the earlier you are in your cycle, the sooner your period will come. Your period may also last longer than normal. If you take emergency contraceptive pills in the first three weeks of your cycle, your period is likely to come early. The ‘morning after’ pill may affect the length of your menstrual cycle, causing your period to come earlier or later than you were expecting it to. Taking your pill even a few hours later than normal can cause spotting, especially with the progestin-only pill. Spotting can also result from forgetting to take a pill, or taking it late. It is also more common to have spotting when taking a ‘monophasic’ pill (same dose of hormones every day), compared to a ‘triphasic’ pill (different dosages over the cycle). This is more common when you are taking progestin-only pills (the ‘mini-pill’), compared to combination pills that contain estrogen and progestin. No matter which birth control pill you are taking, you may experience irregular spotting or bleeding during the first few months of taking the birth control pill. Today there are a variety of regimens available, such as 24 days of active-ingredient pills and 4 days of placebo, and extended-cycle regimens that can be taken for up to a year to stop all menstrual bleeding. The 7 days of placebo were designed to allow menstruation to occur. Birth control pills were originally only packaged as 28 pills – 21 pills containing the hormone(s) required to suppress ovulation, and 7 placebo pills (no active ingredients).
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