Periods 2 days before finishing Utrogestan

[Jasminesmum29]

Hi I am new here so not sure how it all works but here goes. Can anyone help!! I take utogestan on days 15-26. Everything has always been fine however I have taken my period 2 days before being due to stop utogestan so I am on day 24. Do I could today as day 1? If not do I continue to take the pills till day 26 but if so when do I could day 1??? Help anyone 🙈🙈

Keep taking the tablets.
The bleed is perhaps the withdrawal bleed not your own period.

The easiest way to take the tablets is to stick to the same date each month - you don't need to work it around when you bleed.
Most consultants tell women this but GPs seem not to know.

So if you started on March 21st (or whatever date it was) start them again on April 21st.

Ok. So If I take them for the next two days when do I count day 1 from? as normally that is counted from 1st day of period It’s all very confusing 🫤

You don’t count from the period. You just take them for 2 weeks and then don’t take them for two weeks & repeat. Your periods will change as time goes on so if you keep counting the days you will be all over the place.

Oh ok. That’s the first time I have heard this as my dr told me only to take from day 15-26 starting day 1 of my period so every time I bleed that is day 1 which is why I assumed if I bled today I should just stop taking them (I have taken 9) and then start again 15 days from today

I think a lot of doctors give different advice as they don’t know much about it themselves. I go to a women’s clinic who specialise in peri/menopause.

My consultant recommends starting on the same date each month, ideally the 1st, so it's easy to remember. The extra 2 days (30 compared to 28) isn't usually an issue. (The reason it's 28 is that 28 days is the average menstrual cycle, but most women don't have that.)

Take 9 days away from today and that's the date you started this cycle. (You still need to take 12 days in total, so keep going to 3 more days.)

Whatever date that was in March, use that date for the next 12 days on Utrogestan in April.

You're having a withdrawal bleed, not a real period. Sometimes they come 2 days early.