Whenever you miss your pill by 24 hours or more, the risk of pregnancy increases. The more pills you miss, the higher the risk. Hopefully you made your pills up correctly by taking two a day until you were caught up and then resuming the one pill daily schedule.
Mid-cycle bleeding or spotting is very common when women miss pills so the fact that you got your period a week early is not surprising. I am assuming that you meant you started your period when you stated that “I started today, meaning I started a week early.”
Keep taking your pill as directed and try not to miss any more pills. You may not have any bleeding during your sugar or placebo pills, or you may stop bleeding for a few days and then your period may resume.
Take your next pack as directed. If you don’t have any bleeding during the sugar pills of your next pack, take a pregnancy test. Repeat the test every two weeks until you have a normal period or a positive test result. Do not stop taking your pills unless you test positive for pregnancy.
22. February 2012
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