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Placebo pills have no effect on your period at all. A placebo itself is nothing more then a sugar pill, it contains absolutely NO medication of any kind. In a Birth Control pack the placebo pills are used strictly to keep you in the routine of taking the pill everyday.
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No. Placebo pills have no effect on your cycle at all - they are simply a reminder to you to keep taking a pill at the same time every day. The bleeding you have while on BCP is actually not a period. It is withdrawal bleeding in response to your hormone levels dropping while you are not taking active BCP.
You can take the inactive pills or skip them completely, as long as you remember to start using your active pills again at the end of the week.
The way women use BCP to skip a period that is coming at an inconvenient time is to toss out the inactive pills and start using the new packet of active pills without skipping a day. This with your doctors or health care provider's OK.
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If you take more than one placebo pills will your period start sooner?
Placebo pills do nothing to your body. Nothing at all.
Are you not supposed to get a period while on the pill?
You should still get a period each month while on birth control. You will usually start your period during the week that you take your placebo pills, because they have no hormones in them. If you skip the placebo pills and start your active pills instead, this will delay your period.
Do you skip the placebo pills if you start your period early?
You can, but it's not necessary.
What happens to your menstrual cycle if you start birth control pills two Sundays after period ended?
you will get your period when you start taking your "period" placebo pills in your pack
How many days into the placebo pills does it take to get your period?
It depends on your individual body chemistry.
What should you do if your period comes before your placebo pills?
keep taking your active pills, your cycle will balance itself out after a few months of being on bc pills
If taking birth control when should you start your menstrual cycle?
Your period usually comes during the placebo pills week(sugar pills).
When on birth control pills do you still take the green placebo pill if you dont start your period?
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).
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.
Do you have to take the full week of placebo pills or can you start the hormone pills part way through to stop your period?
You could start the hormones pills part way through the placebo pills to change the next month's cycle (say you would have your period on a Wednesday next month, instead of a Friday) but it would not affect the cycle you are currently on. When your uterine lining starts to shed, it sheds. For example, Yaz only has 4 placebo pills instead of 7, like some birth control brands. For many women on Yaz, they won't start their period until the last day of placebo pills. They will start their period on the last placebo and continue to have it through the first few days of the hormone pills.
How do you prolong my period for a few days on the pill?
Keep taking the normal pill and you won't get your period.. Skip the sugar pills completely.
Is it an actual period if you miss birth control pills?
No bleeding that you have on birth control pills is an "actual period." Instead, it's withdrawal bleeding brought on by the drop in hormones when you miss pills or when you have your normally scheduled placebo week.
