Femoston 2/10mg mid-cycle thick dark brown bleeding

[menoppy]

Hi, Yuk alert! Does anyone else get this? I've got it now, no pain or anything but only day 19 of my cycle. Ive had similar before when my "period" was particularly light. My "periods" are a bit hit and miss but I had good bleed last period so wasn't expecting this. Has altering the HRT helped solve this for anyone?

sorry, day 13!

it's not as simple as that :)

How old are you? peri or post meno? Is Femoston combined continuous or sequential?

Just to add if you are peri it might be your own cycle breaking through if you are sequential HRT.

If you are post meno then combined HRT takes up to 6 months to settle down

Hi

Well I don't take a break - I take a pill everyday, half are white and the other half are a rusty colour. I'm supposed to have a bleed, so I don't know if that's continuous or sequential? I'm 45 but been peri for years. Some months I don't have a proper bleed at all, just a really really annoying light brown bleed which lasts for about two weeks!

No, no one on HRT has a break.
You have two kinds of tablets in the pack- they will be listed with their names on the packaging and you ought to have had a leaflet with the pack saying what was what.

The first is oestrogen alone , the second is oestrogen with progestogen.

When you stop taking the ones with progestogen, you will have a bleed.

This ought to be regular- it's usually 3 days after you stop the ones with progestogens. If you are bleeding by day 19 this is not right. It could be your own cycle breaking through. How long have you used this HRT?

about 3 years now. I get irregular bleeding mid cycle in about 35% of cycles.Usually much lighter. This one is, thick, really dark. yuk. I didn't know that your own cycle could break through, no one told me about that. So does that mean I could be blessed with 2 periods a month?

I usually miss a pill or two by accident every month, or have two together because I've forgotten one, would that make a difference?

I think if this is happening so often you really ought to see your GP to have it checked out.

During peri meno I believe that irregular bleeding is usual (on HRT) due to the fact you will still have high-ish levels of your own hormones, some months. You are also using a high dose (2mgs) so this may have something to do with the bleeding as well- your lining is building up.

BUT if you miss the progestogen pills this could result in bleeding.

This site may help

www.womens-health-concern.org/help-and-advice/factsheets/hrt/

Thank you polly, I'll make an appt. they need to check my bp anyway. Maybe the dose is too high for me. I assumed a high dose would be better than a low dose. Think I panicked at having such an early peri..

Meoppy I'm just noticing your message and this is exactly the reason I have come to this forum...I'm experiencing the same thing. I'm 45 on femeston 2/10 with very dark yucky bleeds ever so often....I'm wondering is it because I don't always take my tablet at the same time and sometimes forget until the next day. Did you get any answers? Many thanks!