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I have been experiencing pregnancy symptoms so i stopped taking my birth control, i have missed the last 3. i started bleeding. is it from the pills?
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Could be: The bleeding either could be withdrawal from the hormones in the pills or from pregnancy. Why don't you take a pregnancy test to make sure?
Answered 3/11/2013
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