How do you take mini pills norethindrone Do you take a break after 28 pills Or keep taking the next 28 right after If so when do you get a period if you keep taking active pills?

When you're taking the progestin only pill, like norethindrone, you take the same pill every day with no seven day break. There are no placebo pills in the pack, and you must take a pill every day for protection. Bleeding is irregular in the first few months of using the mini-pill, but will soon fall into a bit more of a pattern, or your period will stop altogether.

It sounds like you didn't get very much information from the prescriber. Please read the package insert carefully, and contact your prescriber or pharmacist for detailed information. The progestin-only pill is a great method for many women, but you must be very exact about taking it at the same time each day. If you're more than three hours late in taking a pill, you need to use a backup method, like condoms or abstinence from vaginal sex, for the next three days.

It's important that you understand these instructions to have success in avoiding pregnancy with the minipill.