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Expert: Bob Kambic - 3/30/2007


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Hello, I recently switched my birth control; I at first was on Ortho Tricyclen Lo and now am on the regular Ortho Tricyclen. It's not the generic kind. I noticed when I first started birth control, my started period was little late and went for longer than normal. Now that I have switched, is this gonna happen again? Especially since I first only started using birth control around January of this year.


Sincerely,

Francesca

Answer
You know, each woman is an individual and we really can't predict what is going to happen to her reproductively. The bigger dose of hormone in the regular pill probably affected your cycle a bit. But what will happen with the new pill, you will have to wait and see.

Read the instructions that come with the pill.

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Bob Kambic

Expertise

Natural Family Planning, Periodic Abstinence, Rhythm, Catholic Church Method of Family Planning, Withdrawal, Condoms, Abstinence, Breast Feeding.

Experience

On the faculty of Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health for 22 years.

Publications
AJOBGYN, AJPH, Fertility and Sterility, Advances in Contraception, International Family Planning Perspectives, America, etc.

Education/Credentials
Duquesne University BA, University of Pittsburgh MSH, Johns Hopkins all but dissertation for PhD (ABD). Over 50 peer review articles on these topics, advisor to Planned Parenthood and to Vatican.

Past/Present Clients
Planned Parenthood, Family Planning Clinics, Womens' Reproductive Health Clinics, The Vatican, US Conference of Catholic Bishops, WHO, USAID, programs in Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, and the USA.

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