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I've been taking birth control pills for 7 months and my periods have been fine but this week it was light. what can this mean? i'm sexually active
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Natural variation: Small variations in menstrual bleeding are normal, even on birth control pills. Get HPV vaccine. Practice safe sex; see this site for safer sex guidelines: http://www.aids.org/topics/aids-factsheets/aids-background-information/what-is-aids/safer-sex-guidelines/
Answered 10/15/2015
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