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What Causes Light Vaginal Spotting While On Depo Shot?

I ve been on the demo shot for almost 3 months and have spotted pretty much the whole time until 2 weeks ago, my discharge got really light and almost back to normal cream color and snmelled normal as well, the past few days my discharge has been a light orange, my shot is due around the 18th of the month, Is this normal? I haven t had a lot of sex since the depo shot.
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Hi,
Thanks for the quwry. I understand your concern.
Depot provera is a ,long acting hormonal contraceptive. menstrual irregularity(it can be spotting profuse bleeding .. or absent periods ) is a charactoristich side effect.you had the same as a problem described in the query.
please don't worry. It is not related to sex .it is just the hirmonal effect.
Bleeding pattern changes over the period& problem will be reduced after few days. j
Thanks.
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What Causes Light Vaginal Spotting While On Depo Shot?

Hi, Thanks for the quwry. I understand your concern. Depot provera is a ,long acting hormonal contraceptive. menstrual irregularity(it can be spotting profuse bleeding .. or absent periods ) is a charactoristich side effect.you had the same as a problem described in the query. please don t worry. It is not related to sex .it is just the hirmonal effect. Bleeding pattern changes over the period& problem will be reduced after few days. j Thanks.