Good morning, last Monday was a day to peel off the third patch (22nd day of the cycle) but I hesitated whether to postpone the withdrawal bleeding by sticking another pack of patches without taking a break, due to the holiday trip. Not being able to make a quick decision, I kept the patch until the next day, Tuesday, but finally decided to stick the fourth patch. It took between 24 and 30 hours from when I should have peeled off the patch on Monday to when I peeled it off and glued a new one on Tuesday. On Thursday breast tenderness began (as usual before bleeding) and spotting and on Saturday morning, Sunday morning and this morning (Monday) there was bleeding, which is much smaller than the usual withdrawal bleeding but still quite large. So I would like to ask if this is a cause for concern and whether it is due to this one-day delay in sticking a new patch or whether it would probably appear even if I applied the next patch on Monday. I would also like to ask when I should apply the fifth and sixth patches - on Monday, as usual, whether the day of the patch change has moved to Tuesday and whether the protection has not been interrupted due to this delay in changing the patch. I would like to add that I have been using patches for 5 years.