If you start using Seasonale you will
probably experience 3-4 menstrual periods
per year but they will be unpredictable
and be accompanied by larger bleeding.
That’s why some doctors don’t
recommend this particular type of
contraceptive.
Serious side effects (blood clots, heart
attack, and stroke) are very rare and are
generally across the board for all types
of hormonal contraception. The risk for
such side effects, however, is increased
for women who smoke.
Women on birth control pills do not have a
higher risk for infections except for
yeast infections. It is true that regular
menstruation has a protective role against
genital infections, regardless of whether
or not she takes oral contraceptive birth
control pills.
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