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Is it safe to stop your period on birth control by skipping the sugar pills?
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Often girls and women asking for changing dates of their periods because of swimming
parties, summer holidays, diving, very special meetings with boyfriends, sport competitions, etc. As this demand is existing, some pharmaceutical companies are trying to find harmless solutions.
What are possibilities? -
1). extended-cycle oral contraception (if important evens are scheduled in advance),
2). gestagens (if events are planned unexpectedly) or
3). Birth Control pills in special extended regime (if person already using birth control pills at the time event is planned).
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Can you get pregnant from skipping your period using Birth Control?
Skipping your period by taking extra birth control pills or fewer placebo (sugar) pills lowers, not raises, your risk of pregnancy.
You have been on birth control for 5 months is it safe to purposely skip a period and instead of taking the green pills just going straight to a new pack?
Hello. You can skip a period while on birth control pills but constantly skipping periods via birth control pills, isn't recommended. Skipping a period this once will be fine.
Is there an incorrect way to take birth control pills?
Hello - The only incorrect way to take birth control pills is by not following your doctors or perscribes advice to the exact detail and missing pills and containously using birth control as a method of skipping your period.
Can you still get pregnant by skipping your period using your birth control pills?
As long as you are taking your birth control pills it is very unlikely that you would get pregnant, wether you skip your period or not. Als always if you are unsure, speak to your doctor or nurse.
Is is normal for your emotions to run wild when you are skipping the sugar pills and start another months of birth control pills to avoid having your period?
BC pills can cause you to become over-emotional, especially when skipping sugar pills as your not giving your body time to adjust to the pills.
If I skip the sugar pills and go right into a new pack of birth control pills will this affect my pap smear results?
No, skipping your period with sugar pills has no effect on Pap smear results.
Will it change ovulation if you skip sugar pills and continue birth control pills?
You don't normally ovulate when you're on the birth control pill. That won't change by skipping the sugar pills.
Should you start a new pack of birth control after skipping a couple pills and starting your period early?
If you missed three or more pills you may want to start a new packet.
How can you intentionally delay your menses?
One way is if you are on the birth control pill. Skipping the white pills (colors may vary) or blanks as we know it, will cause you not to have a period.
If trying to skip your period with birth control pills will your next period start when finished with the next pack?
That's the most likely scenario, although you may have unscheduled bleeding or spotting after skipping your period.
Why are you getting spotting from skipping your green birth control pills?
In some birth control brands, the green pills are active pills and should not be skipped. In other brands, the green pills are placebos (sugar pills or reminder pills) and can be skipped. Talk to your pharmacist or health care provider to get information specific to your brand of birth control pills.
Will it hurt to just not take the last week of my birth control pills?
If your birth control pills give you a "sugar pill" for the last week of your cycle, it is OK to skip them, assuming you start back up after the right amount of days, usually after your period has come. However, not all birth control pills have sugar pills for those days. Some just have a lower dose pill, and skipping them could reduce the effectiveness.
