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Hormonal Birth Control works by overriding your menstrual cycles, suppressing your cycles so that you no longer ovulate - as you no longer ovulate it means that you no longer menstruate. The bleeding women experience on the pill is a withdrawal bleed caused by the drop in synthetic hormones when going from active to inactive pills, not menstruation. Withdrawal bleeds can be lighter than menstrual bleeds because one way the pill works is to prevent secondary uterus lining build-up (as a back-up to changing cervical mucus and preventing ovulation) so that if there was a fertilised egg it couldn't implant.

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the birth control is probably it.


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There is no guarantee that taking birth control will stop you from having your period. You will most likely have your period anyway.


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How can you get your period without taking birth control?

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Is it okay if you have taken your birth control but skipped periods and now they are catching up to you and you have your period?

I'm assuming your meant you were taking birth control to skip your period. How many months have you skipped your period? Your body is the ultimate doc. Let it happen and look to see if it differs from average for you.


If a woman is breastfeeding and stops taking a birth control how long does it usually take for her period to become regular again?

It can take a few weeks to 3 months.


Can you use birth control pills to delay or stop period?

Sometimes it can delay ur period but it wont stop it ... the shots stops ur period for three months tho Actually, if you're on the mono kind of pill you can choose when to have your period by simply starting a new pack when you reach the placebo week. If you've been taking the pill for a few months you shouldn't get your period until a couple of days after not taking it.


What if you stop taking pills after your period last month then had sex this month without protection and no pills and you miss your period then on the same day you start taking the pills not the morn?

You're probably pregnant, and no amount of birth control is going to reverse it.


When should you start taking birth control pills to delay your period?

A couple months prior to wanting your period delayed, some women experience breakthrough bleeding for the fist weeks after starting the pill.


Should you get your period around the same days after stopping taking birth control pills?

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Will taking seasonic delay my period from coming this month?

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