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Does stress make your period start early on birth control?

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Dr. Dennis Higginbotham answered

Specializes in American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

No: Yo period should be regulated by the pill. If you bleeding is not controlled by the pill then there may be some other problem - see your doctor if it recurs.

Answered 9/8/2013

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A member asked:

Does stress make your period start early on birth control?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Dennis Higginbotham answered

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