Thread: Change in BC, then bleeding Btwn Periods for 9 days now...

I also posted this in the menstral cycle forum, because I didn't know which one it applied to the most. I hope this is OK, I am really desperate for some advice:

Last month, I was off of birth control pills, (I cant remember what kind, but probably something general, because I am getting them free from the country health dept.) to ease migraines. I had my period normally after this month totally free of BC, though it was a day or two shorter then usual.

This month, I got back on birth control, around two weeks ago. I am a college student, and get birth control free from the campus clinic/health dept. I told them about my migraines that the doctor presumed were caused by the birth control pills, and they gave me a new, lower dose called ortho-tri-cyclen. The third day on these new pills, after a month of being pill-free, I started spotting a little bit of blood. My periods have been regular my whole life and I have never before spotted in between periods. I had three migraines in two days when I first started this new pill, but now have not had another one, and I guess that they were just caused by the new pill. I was told by friends, my mother, and sources online that spotting between periods, especially after changing/starting anew birth control is normal. I have had no cramping or abdominal pain. The bleeding would slow, the even stop for a day, and I would put off calling the doctor. But now its started yet again, and today was as much a light to moderate normal period. I have one more week of the birth control pills to take. I have kept on taking them normally at the same time every day. I have not missed one.

I have been bleeding for a total of nine days now, and this is way too long I know. I am going to call the women's clinic near me tomorrow, and talk to them. What should I probably be doing? Should I stop this kind of birth control? Should I change again?

I have been considering getting off hormonal birth control alltogether lately, as the migraines are starting to get really annoying and painful and frequent, and cutting into my school work and my job.

Plus I have been thinking about the negative influences sending the hormones through the urine and into the H20 supply has on us all. It is really hard on the environment.

I am really worried about this bleeding. I am worried about my cycle being all messed up now, and dont know what to do.