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Question about birth control
| Thu, 09-02-2004 - 1:05pm |
I have a friend who takes birth control, but instead of taking the week off for her period she continues right away to her next pack. Now I have heard of women doing this once in a while to postpone a period for a vacation or something, but she says she does this for months at a time. I'm wondering if this is safe? Don't we NEED to have a period, or is that all just myth?
Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this. I am not scheduled to see my doc anytime soon, but I will be sure to ask her for her opinion on it.
Alison


I took birth control pills for 14 years before I had my twins, and I never did anything like your friend is doing. I don't think that's a good idea. I never knew I would have trouble conceiving until I wanted to. Then I did fertility treatments for a year before I got pregnant. During my treatments, I took shots to stimulate ovulation. Normally, when you're trying to get pregnant, they say you should try between day 10 and 15 (or something like that -- it's been a long time)of your cycle becuase that is when most people ovulate. When I was getting the shots, they were "controlling" my cycle because sometimes it was day 23 or later that they said I was ready. But after every failed attempt, I would always get my period. Then we would try again. Your period is the remains of the egg that wasn't fertilized. You need to have that washed out of your body and then your body starts the process all over again. I can't imagine the egg not washing out to be a good thing, but I don't know for sure. Like I said, even when my cycle was being controlled, they always let me have a period. It also has something to do with the hormones. You have a lot of hormones during ovulation, and just after your period your hormones are at their lowest. I'm not a doctor, but because of my treatments I know more than I care to about my cycle. It just seems to me that she is messing with a natural process, and it's probably not a good thing. If anyone ever wants to know anything about fertility treatments, they can ask me. My oldest sister had fertility treatments, too. I read every book that was out at the time about the subject, plus I lived through it. I was one of the lucky ones. I got the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Donna
It's not a good option for me. Also, until my dh had his vasectomy, that would NOT have been a good option for me, mentally. I know myself well enough to know that if I didn't have my period, I would freak out and be taking at home pregnancy tests.
There are very informative articles about this subject on MSN Women's health. You might check it out if you are really interested.
Mindy
http://cosmosandcranium.blogspot.com/
I did try the shot, but found I had a lot of spotting from it, so I stopped it.
Alison
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