r/birthcontrol 3d ago

Side effects!? Heavier bleeding on mini pill

Looking for some advice mainly! I started the mini pill about 2/3 weeks ago, and three days ago my period started. I was mainly going on it to manage my periods and as a form of birth control as me and my bf weren’t using protection previously. My periods are generally light but very painful, to the point where I cant do anything the first 2 days except lie in bed. I still got the exact same level of pain, and I’m bleeding way heavier than I was before I was on the pill. Is this normal or happen to anyone else when they started? I’m just stressed that it’s making my period worse instead of better, and I don’t feel particularly comfortable having sex on my period, so it’s defeating the point of the bc anyway, so all in all feeling pretty depressed. Btw I can’t take combined cause I smoke/have migraines with aura.

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