I started on Micronor (mini pill) at the start of January, had the implant in 6 weeks later, had that out 24 days afterwards and started on micronor again when I got my period 4 days later. I've been back on micronor almost 4 weeks now and have had my period since Monday. I've barely bled at all, I use a mooncup and have been emptying it three times a day and there's been barely anything in it. What has been in it has been more mucous than blood and quite a few purplish lumps and even this has only been a tiny bit in the bottom so more spotting than an actual period. I've also been in a lot of pain which just feels like normal bad period pain of the type I used to have as a teenager except it's been going on for three days whereas I used to only really have it on the first and last day, and paracetamol and codeine are only working for an hour or two - I've even started cycling them with ibuprofen. It's been at least five years since I've had pain bad enough that I've needed to take a painkiller so this is not normal at all for me at the moment (I normally just have a little bit of pain and discomfort these days). Has anyone had an experience like this with or without the contraceptive involvement?