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[mariemac]

I feel rather silly.....I am taking Femoston 1/10 combined pill (about 6 months now) and have just realized that when I started new strip 9 days ago I started at the combined end (progesterone and oestrogn)  . Should I just continue and start the estradiol only when I have completed the 2 weeks, wait for break through bleed etc. Not sure....gynae on holiday and reluctant to call GP. Interestingly though, I've been feeling the best I have for AGES...??!! sleeping like a dream and NO anxiety 

[Greyhoundgal]

Hi Mariemac

I was on that for ages before swapping over to the conti version and although I didn't get into the same muddle there was one month where I missed out taking the second part of the  pack altogether (with the hope of delaying bleed while on holiday - it worked).  I'm pretty certain you could just carry on with the rest of the pack you've started then go back to the start although it may bring your bleed on early.  Do you have a decent chemist near you - you could always ask the pharmacist, ours is brilliant and I often consult him for minor things rather than wasting GP's time......

[Millykin]

Oh dear a lot of people doing that lately in here 
I'm no expert but I would just finish progesterone now then start new pack oestrogen, you'll probably find your bleed might be upset a bit, if you don't want to ring GP you can always ask pharmacy but you should be ok
I'm on Femoston 1/10 as well and funny enough I always feel better on the prog/ oest part x

[Dancinggirl]

I am no expert but I think it's not going to make a lot of difference if you just finish the combined progesterone+oestrogen section and continue into the oestrogen only part.  You may find you don't bleed or have only a very small amount of spotting as your uterus lining won't have built up that much.  Remember the bleed isn't a period - it is simply a withdrawal bleed to encourage your lining to shed and I assume you had a bleed around a week ago?. 
You will however have a longer stint on the oestrogen bit after that (4 weeks?) before you start your next progesterone/oestrogen phase - again I doubt the lining will have built up that much in that time but maybe your gynae will have returned by then and you can check with him/her about what they suggest. DG x