Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Nashville, TN
Just a Couple of Birth Control Questions! Posted: 08-14-07 02:08am
I'm new to the whole birth control thing
and only started taking it because I was
very irregular and needed something to
help with that. I'm on Yaz, which is 28
pills, I believe. I started taking it last
month, I guess... I finished one pack and
started on my current pack last Tuesday. I
know my body is still adjusting since I
just started it, but I didn't start my
period until last Tuesday, which was the
day that I started the new pack, and I'm
still bleeding. It has gotten almost
non-existent, but I'm just wondering when
it's going to stop! I used to have VERY
heavy periods that would last up to 7
days, and this one was no different until
a couple of days ago, it was VERY heavy
and I still had pretty bad cramps, so is
it just that my body is still adjusting or
is the pill not working as well as it's
supposed to? I was under the impression
that it was going to help with my cramps
and make my periods lighter. I'm assuming
that it's just me adjusting, but wanted to
check and I didn't want to call the doctor
so soon to ask.
I'm also wondering what I might be able to
do about skipping my next period or making
it come sooner or like a week later... I
know that it's something that may not work
the first time, but my boyfriend and I are
going to Mexico, leaving on the day that I
would start my new pack, and being that I
didn't start my period until that day this
time, that would mean I'd have my period
on our whole trip. And if it's as bad as
this one was, it won't be a fun vacation.
This vacation has been planned since
before I started taking my pills and had I
realized it, I would have started taking
them at a different time! Me getting
pregnant isn't anything to worry about (we
don't have sex), so not taking enough
pills or taking too many or whatever and
me getting pregnant isn't what I worry
about, I just don't want to screw up my
body. So, I was trying to figure out if
maybe I could take a few more pills from a
new pack and then start taking the
replacement pills or whatever they are
towards the end of my vacation, so that I
hopefully wouldn't start until I got
home.
That might not make any sense, but I was
just curious. I wish I could just change
our vacation!
Thanks so much!
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Carifairy
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Posted: 08-14-07 10:00am
Ususally when you are on bc pills, you
cannot shorten your active pills and make
the period come sooner, or you mess up
your birth control protection.
Since you are not having sex, it is not so
much of a concern!
You can try and make your period come
later, by skipping, but it may not work
the first time. You could also try and
make it come earlier.
Basically, your period on BC is what is
called a "Withdrawal bleed". You are only
bleeding because of the drop in BC
hormones. Your body needs time to register
this drop in levels, and then you bleed.
The first 1-3 months on BC can be an
adjustment for your body, and you kinda
have to ride it out.
Since you are not sexually active, you can
'tinker around' a little bit and see what
happens.
The only problem is that your body is
different than mine, and any other womans,
so I cannot exactly tell you what will in
fact happen.
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Melahead
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Nashville, TN
Posted: 08-14-07 22:38pm
Thanks!
I figured that since pregnancy wasn't my
main concern that it would be more ok for
me to try and skip it or make it come
early. I haven't had a period since April
and I finally had/am having one, only
because of the pills. So I think that if I
don't take the replacements or if I take
them early, my body isn't on enough of a
schedule or anything and it will just do
what it thinks it should because of the
extra pills or lack of them, if that makes
any sense. So, I just have to try and
figure out which might work best. Since
I've been bleeding for a week now, I may
try and just skip the next one, or make it
wait until I get back from my trip, since
I don't know how long it will last the
next time, I'd just rather deal with it
once I get home!
