Hi there,
I'm on the pill cerazette, and have been for a couple of years now. I (thought) I was one of the lucky ones and I ended up only having very light, non-painful periods every three months or so. Up until June this year, where my period returned only a few days after it left. This has happened a couple of times.
Then this last month I have basically been bleeding on and off, sometimes lighter, now quite heavily. I don't know whether this is a problem with the cerazette or something else so I went to the doctor this morning. At first, he seemed keen to try taking me off the pills for 2-3 months to see if they went back to normal, then said he had to check this with his colleague. He then came back and said that what they wanted to do was check it wasn't 'something else' with a pelvic swab...
1) I have never had one of these before and don't know what to expect.
2) I am obviously still bleeding and am worried/embarrassed about how this will affect the swab procedure...
3) has anyone had any similar problems with cerazette? (or know what else it might be?) I know cerazette can cause irregular bleeding, but as I have gone 2 years or so with no problems you can see how I might now be worried!
Please help, I suffer from anxiety and even just going to the doctor's always triggers it quite a lot :(