Sugar pills.
The sugar or placebo pills are green in Ortho Tri Cyclen.
The sugar pills are just placebo pills, meaning that they have no intended purpose other than to act as place holders. Because birth control pills are to be taken every day, some women need the placebo pills to keep the routine going. They offer no other purpose.
Your period usually comes during the placebo pills week(sugar pills).
Sugar pills are typically used as a placebo in medical studies or as part of a treatment regimen to maintain a consistent routine. Ingesting sugar pills will not have any direct physiological effects on a person, regardless of their gender.
You do not have to take the sugar/placebo pills if you feel comfortable doing so, and if you will not forget to start your birth control on the correct day, and if you will not forget what time you are supposed to take your birth control. It doesn't make a difference on how many sugar/placebo pills you take because they do not contain any active hormone ingredients. You are still protected from pregnancy during your placebo week if you take your birth control every day at the same time, and if you have been on birth control for at least 2 months. To be on the safe side wait 3 months, that is personally how long I waited.
No, the placebo pills are exactly that, placebo. (just sugar pills). It would be like expecting a tic tac to bring on your menstrual cycle. If you are on the pill, the placebo pills will start your cycle because they have no active ingredients. If you think you are pregnant and want your period to come, go to a doctor/do a pregnancy test or take the morning after pill if it's not too late.
You're supposed to start your period after you start taking the placebo pills. To keep on a routine, you should take the placebo pills on their designated days (the last 7 days of the 28 day cycle).
Placebo pills do nothing to your body. Nothing at all.
Skipping your period by taking extra birth control pills or fewer placebo (sugar) pills lowers, not raises, your risk of pregnancy.
Yes, every pill in Micronor is exactly the same. The dosages are the same, and there are no sugar or placebo pills in the pack.
Normally, you do not ovulate (release an egg) when you're taking the birth control pill.