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I started spotting a couple days before my placebo pills and i dont take them and i continued on to my next pack now i've been spotting 12 days.
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Breakthrough: bleeding. It has various causes such as an anti estrogenic effect from something , low hormone dose pills , medication use, forgetting to take the pill etc. can cause this spotting. See your doctor.
Answered 5/16/2015
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