I started on Microgynon (after being on Ovranette for a couple of years) about two months ago and it's been good to me so far (touch wood). Sorry I don't have anything more helpful to say! Have you considered going back to your doctor? I would've thought that swollen feet and hands are quite an important side-effect to mention. Not to mention horrible to have to put up with!

My friend was on it and her boobs got massive.

On that I wouldn't complain 

I started on Microgynon (after being on Ovranette for a couple of years) about two months ago and it's been good to me so far (touch wood).

Emily, did you take two packs without a break? If so did you had any bleeding?

Hello everybody,

I was on Microgynon for a couple of years, i was fine at first then started trying to run 2 packs together, i started spotting in between and it totally ended up messing with my cycle, it all came to a head when i started getting really bad clusters of spots on my forehead, which looked horrible, i went to the docs and he told me the spots were down to the pill i was using, i changed there and then to Cilest and touch wood Ive been on this for about 6 years with no problems what so ever.

As for the swelling, i never had that as a side effect, or the much needed boob enlargement...  

Love N' Hugz.

Mak.
xxxxxx

Emily, did you take two packs without a break? If so did you had any bleeding?

I'm currently on my third pack without a break. Presumably, I'm about to spontaneously combust!

But touch wood, no spotting yet. We'll see though after my break during my next 3-pack run.

I'm in my early 20s and have always had a long cycle with not-heavy and not-light periods (average? If any period can ever be considered average? We are all so different!) and no problems with Ovranette - I only changed to Microgynon cos I saw a new GP who said Microgynon was the most common. No other advice which is fairly typical! I have a friend who saw a private doctor for ladybits checkups and she was the first person to tell me about Qlara (might be spelled wrong?) apparently a more 'natural' form of the hormones in the regular two-hormone pill. I'm interested in going on that and read about it in a magazine at the hairdressers yesterday! I'm worried that my GP is going to give me that "You Are A Hysterical Patient Without Any Illnesses So Please Be Quiet" look and sigh and ask me why I even want to change and then I'll feel like I've wasted NHS time and will slope out with issues unresolved.

This is even more of a tangent - does anyone here see a private doctor for lady stuff? And/or STI checks? I feel like I could bother a doctor for hours/months with all my questions and alternative-pill-trials that I want to do (although probably shouldn't because if it ain't broke don't fix it - a medical motto I have trouble sticking to) and maybe shouldn't honestly be using my GP for all this as she's always really busy and looks moments away from a mental breakdown. Plus, I'm a healthy-ish young person so don't have high priority needs, just stuff that bugs me! But are private doctors in some way... unscrupulous? Or have I just gotten that impression due to having a socialist dad?

I was on microgynon for a few years and it made me put on a lot of weight. About 3.5 stones.
I came off it a few months ago and the weight just dropped off me.

Lots of my friends who are on it havent had this side effect though so im not sure if its particularly common. It just used to make me feel so hungry all the time so i was over eating.

I once ran microgynon packs back to back for 11 months non stop and didnt have any spotting or periods. I eventually started to get a constant period which lasted about 6 weeks though and was very heavy. The doctor said it was because id been running the pills together for so long.