Blinking Utrogestan-always bleed if I've forgotten to take just 1 dose.

[abracadabra1980]

I rarely forget my Utrogestan and take it in the morning for this reason. Is it usual that if you delay or miss just ONE dose, you bleed? I feel like I've had a full MOT over the last year with a hysteroscopy etc.. and all was clear so thinking I've forgotten one.

Yeah I have this. It’s a pain isn’t it. I’ve been taking it two weeks on two weeks off and usually the day I stop taking it my period starts. If I forget a day in the two weeks on then I bleed early.

I’m now 51 and for the first time I have only had a tiny amount of spotting when I stopped it this month. Hoping that could be me done with periods? Please!

@SnowflakeSmasher86 The bleed on sequential HRT isn't your own period.
You'll have a bleed for as long as you use that sort of HRT so it's no indication of your own fertile cycle.

Buy one of those pill boxes with the days marked on then you'll always know if you missed a dose - get in the habit of checking the box at some other point e.g. if you take the pill when you wake, check it when you brush your teeth or something.

Keep a track of any bleeds and consult the GP if you meet any of the triggers, even if you got the all clear last year.

I take it every day (not on/off). I quite often forget a day. On holiday I forgot to pack it and I think it was 3 days before I got it sent to me in the post. No bleeding. I've set a daily alarm on my watch now to remind me. I find it's easier to do it in the evening and I've read it helps with sleep

I have the same ! So annoying !

@verycloakanddaggers I have had so many bleeds and spotting over the years I've had HRT I'm almost 'immune' to it now, which I know is a dangerous way to think. However, it was only under a year ago I had a vaginal ultrasound, and a referral as the results showed a 'pica' whatever that is - a white spot, if I remember rightly, that needed further investigation. So then I had a hysteroscopy, which came back clear, other than a fibroid. My womb lining thickness was also good. The Consultant queried with my GP then why I was on sequential HRT and not continual HRT as she said as I was post - menopause (57 at the time), I should not be on the sequential. it has taken me YEARS, (and I'm usually a researcher), to realise all this. My GP explains very little, and what she has explained, has been prior to any knowledge I've managed to read about, process and retain.About 2 months ago, I realised I was using the Evorel 50 patches instead of the Conti by mistake. I bled before I realised. I have what I consider quite bad memory problems these days and virtually need information bullet pointed, in a written format, for me to absorb - but that's another rabbit hole I've gone down; have also had a scan for memory loss etc.. which came back clear for any brain bleeds, but I know my processing ability is almost shot. (I don't have health anxiety but context for memory issue was that recently I lost my dad to Parkinson's & Lewy body Dementia - and I had a severe memory lapse during this time where I forgot where I was, even though it should have been very familiar to me, plus the everyday horror of what I CANT remember). I used to love reading books - no point now as I just read the same lines over and over, forget the plot, or the characters, so I miss that, but bullet pointed documents and short sentences do help.
So back to the HRT, I'm just wondering whether I may come off it altogether. It does nothing for my memory, and I'm not working many hours at all these days, so the sweats should be something I should maybe just try and live through. Im so sick of this bleeding/spotting/being referred, etc.. and I would never have the Marina coil. And it's taken 5 years for a friend to point out in one instant, that the name Evorel 'Conti' is probably short for 'continuous'. That. is the sort of info I can retain. It makes sense and I don't know why nobody explained it over all of these years. Honestly it's like learning another language.

HRT woes here too. I only went onto Elleste continuous 3 months ago at the age of 65. I was sick of having 3 heavy, heavy days every month where I couldn't leave the house. They said the continuous would mean no more bleeding. Well, its now every day instead of 3 days a month! Sick of it.

@abracadabra1980 Are you on Evorel Conti now? Or just an estrogen patch?
If you are on Continuous Combined, you don't need Utrogestan as well.
Continuous HRT has both hormones in each patch.

There is no hard and fast rule on changing from sequential to continuous.
Continuous is pushed by some drs because it reduces slightly the risk of endometrial hyperplasia. However, it does have higher risks for other things.

It's your choice if you want to carry on with sequential or swap to continuous.

I've been on sequential for over 15 years. I have a friend in her 70s who's still on sequential, from choice.

I've been on sequential for over 15 years. I have a friend in her 70s who's still on sequential, from choice

I thought that would be me too. But I just got sick bored with not being able to leave the house for 2 to 3 days every month. Your friend is doing well. I wish I could have stayed with it.

I hear you! A bit like that for me (2 days) but everyone's bleed seems different. I've tried continuous once and didn't feel great but the bleed is a nuisance.