Expert: Norman Solberg - 11/12/2009

Question
What does it mean if you have a period twice in one month and you are on birth control and you have missed a few days of birth control pills?

Answer
It probably means you missed some pills.  Missing pills makes it more likely that you'll have some bleeding.  Missing pills also makes pregnancy more likely, but usually the first sign of that is that you miss a period, not that you have bleeding.  Generally everything will get back to normal by just keeping on taking your pills one daily.  If your period doesn't come when expected, then do a pregnancy test.