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Is it normal to have spotting after missing birth control just one day?
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Yes: Particularly with the newer and lower dose pills there is less margin for error. Missing even one day may trigger this sort of "break through bleeding" (which may then persist through the remaining portion of that cycle).
Answered 10/3/2016
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