The mini pill is just easier to fuck up where you have a 3 hour window to take it vs a 12 hour window. I'm only young and me and my partner are in SHOCK. Since finding out that I'm pregnant I've heard a lot of stories of people getting pregnant while on the mini pill. I have all the symptoms of being pregnant. I think weird is the norm for being PP! I heard that the mini pill only suppresses ovulation 50% of the time. I'm 9 weeks 3 days now. I currently take the progestogen only mini pill, micronor, and wondered if any mumsnet members have had pregnancy scares while taking this. To summarize my experience with the mini pill: The mini pill felt exactly how my periods/hormones were before taking the combo pill minus period cramps. The mini pill works to prevent pregnancy primarily by thickening the cervical mucus and thinning the endometrial (uterine) lining. I also would ignore the 3 hour window and treat it as a 20 minute window (I'll explain ahead). I took this pill for 4 years before stopping to have my first baby. I take a few other things at the same time and have for 10+ years so I didnt have much trouble with that part. I havenât gotten my period at all which I heard most women donât but still. I found out I was pregnant on the mini pill Saturday 22th Feb and stopped taking it straight away (obviously!). Got a period 6 days after starting the mini pill at 6.5 weeks PP. I actually had a friend who was still taking the pill 3 months pregnant. I read on the BC health website mini pills can cause you to skip periods, spot or not have periods. mind has also been weird. I was the total opposite until ⦠My doctor said there aren't any side affects if you find out your pregnant while on the pill. The pills come in packs of 28, and you take one pill every ⦠Then I got a period again 2.5 weeks later. I took my pill at the exact same time everyday and it didn't work. My periods were always normal except when I was breastfeeding but it was bc of the breastfeeding that my periods stopped I know for sure. On Tuesday 25th I started bleeding dark brown blood but really lightly. I was on cerazette for about a year. The progestin-only birth control pill, commonly called the minipill, is an oral contraceptive. I just keep getting a niggling feeling that I may be pregnant again. First 3 months were great, after that it was constant worry and feeling horrible, sore breasts, upset tummy, nausea, the works. ETA: I never really had any problems with the mini pill. Most women still ovulate while on the mini pill. Iâve taken it on time every single day and Iâm not exclusively breastfeeding and Iâm 6 weeks pp.   I have been back on it now for a year since my baby was born. I got pregnant on the mini pill taking it every day at the same time. I am back on Mirena ( which I had before TTC with DD) I was not about to try the mini pill again. I was breastfeeding full time. I was on the mini pill when I get pregnant. The mini pill is often referred to as a âprogestin-onlyâ birth control pill because it doesnât contain estrogen as traditional combination pills do. The known side effects of the mini-pill are also symptoms of pregnancy (such as dizziness, nausea, changes in your breasts, weight, mood, sex drive, and menstrual flow). Each pill contains a small amount of progestin, the synthetic form of the hormone progesterone. I've been on it for 2 months now and my mood has been ridiculous, so emotional, depressed, crying all the time. This lasted over 2 1/2 days and then stopped. No lie Iâm pretty sure Iâm pregnant on the mini pill. I have 2U2. Plus I am breastfeeding. I was on the pill marvelon and got terrible headaches so the doctor changed me to the mini pill feanolla. So Iâm nervous. Pregnancy Signs vs. Mini-Pill Side Effects . 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