Of course, you can. Wear a good sunscreen though.
If you get your period while wearing the birth control patch, continue using the patch as scheduled. If this becomes a problematic pattern for you, contact your health care provider.
If you put on the birth control patch while ovulating, you will likely still ovulate. Your next period may be later than expected. You will have pregnancy protection after you use the patch correctly for seven days.
If you get your period while on birth control, you should continue using your birth control as scheduled. Bleeding does not change the schedule for taking your pill or changing your patch or ring.
The birth control patch is designed to prevent pregnancy. If you want to get pregnant, stop using the patch.
It is called break through bleeding.Check with your doctor for other types of birth control.
While the birth control patch will create a cycle of monthly withdrawal bleeding, it will not get depo provera out of your system sooner. But if you'd like to see a monthly bleed, the patch will help with that.
If you had sex while missing two weeks of the birth control patch, you may be at risk for pregnancy. If you had sex in the last five days, consider using the morning after pill. You can restart the birth control patch immediately. Put on a new patch, and use a backup method until you've used the patch correctly for at least seven days.
u will most likely to get your period while on the patch which is not good for u.
You're not supposed to smoke while on the patch (or any birth control) because smoking, plus the hormones, seriously raise your risk of strokes, heart attacks, and elevated blood pressure (etc). Smoking while on the patch doesn't lower the patch's effectiveness, it's just really bad for you in general. But you should also remember that the patch isn't 100% effective, so you could still get pregnant.You have a higher risk of heart attack and stroke.
You will find that your period is lighter when you are on the pill (or patch or injections).
I love it! Its very effective. The only down side it if you want to get pregnant it takes a good while after you stop using it.
It's convenient to start the birth control pill, patch, ring, injection, IUD, or implant on the day your period starts, as you then have immediate protection; however, it's not strictly necessary. If you're talking about taking birth control after you've been on it a while, you should take your birth control as scheduled regardless of vaginal bleeding.