Anyone on the mini pill?

[BigChiefWalnut]

I started it 10 days ago and am feeling a bit unsure.

For the first week i had constant bad period cramps. Then 3 days ago my period came (when it was due) and it is extremly heavy and sore. I know i have only just started on it and i need to be paitient...

Anyone have any positive mini pill experience? Or have i had a taste of things to come

Bumping for you. Watching with interest, just started the mini pill myself yesterday.
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which one is it? I had fortnightly periods with femulen and micronor and ended up on cerazette which has stopped my periods completely. There are 4 types of mini pill so if one doesnt suit you can try a different one.

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I am on cerazette and I havent had a period in months, thinking of coming of it though :)

Mine took a while to settle down, and I still get the odd very heavy period, or few weeks of light bleeding on & off, but most months are OK.

It was definitely worse at the beginning (constant spotting, heavy periods, missed periods etc - went through several pregnancy tests!), and my doctor told me to persevere for a few months to see if it settled.

I've been on micronor for about 18 months.

I went on Cerazette at my 8 week check after having DS. He's now 8 months old and I still haven't had a period! I get the odd twinge sometimes but never have any blood.

I went to GP to ask why there was no blood. He said it may be cuz I am still bfing DS or it may be the mini pill.

Tbh, I'm enjoying being on it: no side effects, I'm not pregnant and no periods. Result!

I'm on micronor. I wanted the carazette one as you get a longer window to take it in but my doctor said he didn't think enough research had been done on taking it while breastfeeding. I don't think that is the general opinion though, everything seems to say it is fine.

I guess i'll just stick at it for a few months, see if it settles down.

Just realised while i was typing this that i forgot to take it this morning. Think i need to set an alarm.

Jst looked at that link and am shocked by the bit about weight. I used the mini pill for about 9 years in total and never had any issues at all with pregnancy. I got pregnant twice in that time when I wanted to and not at all when I didn't! At no time was it suggested that my weight was a contra-indication. How odd. I wonder if that is a new thing?

My doctor mentioned it to me about the weight. He said something about it not being as good for people over 11 stone (i'm 9 so not a concern) I did ask ALOT of questions about it though, so i think he just had to tell me everything he knew.

I've been on Cerazette (for endometriosis management) since June and haven't had a period since. Feel ok generally, but am hanging onto @ 7lb that I don't have when not on it. Has also totally killed my sex drive

Not sure if I have any alternatives though, have already tried loestrol (sp).

11 stone! I was over that when first prescribed it! Weirdly it didn't say anything about weight in the info leaflet. Dh and I are now counting our blessings All academic now as dh stepped up bless him

Why 11 stone? Just out of curiosity I'm asking. If the woman was tall then 11 stone wouldn't be overweight.

Interesting.

I am over 15 stone and cerazette has been working ok for me

It explains it on the link seona posted about the weight, this is what it says:

"Obviously, the mini-Pill is not a great idea for you if:

* you're not very good at taking tablets regularly
* you're in a job - like being part of an airline crew - where hours are irregular and disrupted.

Also, if you?re significantly overweight (and particularly if you?re over 11 stone ? that?s 70 kg), the POP may not be effective enough for you.

If you?re determined to try the POP, then Cerazette would probably be your best choice. Alternatively, a few doctors are willing to prescribe two mini-Pills per day for larger women. But very big people (over, say, 16-and-a-half stone ? that?s 105 kg) really shouldn?t try the mini-Pill at all in my view, because the risks of falling pregnant are probably too great."

It isn't saying 11 stone is overweight. I am 5'10" so for me 11 stone would be a healthy weight for my height but it would (accordint to the above) make the mini pill less effective.

I'm almost 11 stone and tall too

I will have to quiz DH on this (he's a GP).

Is an interesting point though.

I had heard from DH that many GPs are now pushing towards offering women longer-lasting birth control, such as the implant, as it's more cost effective. Don't know if that's true all over the UK though.

I'm on Cerazette while bfing my 3 month old DS. I bled for the first week or two of taking it, but since then (for the last 5 weeks or so) all has been fine - no bleeding or anything. TBH I have read that exclusive breastfeeding is 99.5% effective as a contraceptive so am not totally sure I need it, but better to be safe than sorry.

The doctor did mention that there was another mini pill she could not prescribe as I was over 70kg (am 5'9" so again this isn't an unhealthy weight for me; my BMI at the time was about 26, and this was at my 6 week check), or at least if she had prescribed it I would have had to take 2 pills each day.

Yeah, I spoke to DH last night. He said that Cerazette is fine, but another type of mini pill isn't recommended for women over 70kgs.