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Birth Control
This in an umbrella term for various methods and techniques use to prevent fertilization or interrupt pregnancy at several stages. Some of the commonly used birth control methods are condoms, contraceptive pills and injectable contraceptives.
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What if you don't get your period on the sugar pills?
You did not get your period while you were taking your sugar pills you either could possibly be pregnant, or your birth control is making you have light or no period at all. You should take a pregnancy test or visit a physician to take a pregnancy test to know your answer at your convenience. Or if you have been on birth control for over 3 months, and take you take your birth control everyday and at the same time, your birth control may have even given you a gift of not getting a period at all. Choose which answer based on have you been taken your pills properly to determine if you may be pregnant or not.
Can the birth control pill cause a missed period?
You usually get your period when you start taking the sugar pills, but you can miss your period on the birth control pills for a number of reasons:
- Bleeding is supposed to be lighter when you are on the pill and last for a shorter period of time. Sometimes bleeding can be so light that it's absent or unnoticable. Some women find this helpful, and others find it disturbing. It is not dangerous, but if you find it stressful, talk with your health care provider about a possible pill change.
- Some birth control makes you have your period 3 or 4 times a year. If you don't know, do some research about your birth control or ask your health care provider.
- Not getting your period could obviously mean pregnancy. If you've missed pills, or if you have symptoms of pregnancy, take a home pregnancy test.
- If you threw away the placebo pills (sugar pills) and started your next pack immediately, skipping your periods is normal.
- If you're on the progesterone-only pill (e.g. Micronor or Nora-B), not having withdrawal bleeding is normal.
- There's no danger in starting the pill for the first time in between period, but it might increase the risk of having no withdrawal bleeding at the end of the first pack.
- If you missed a pill or two and then doubled up, you can have a late or missed period, even though you did the right thing.
To be accurate, you do not have periods while using combined birth control pills; instead, you have a withdrawal bleed because you're no longer putting the hormones in your body.
It shouldn't it should just regulate it.
What happens when you switch pills but miss your sugar pills and go straight to the new packet?
There is no increased risk of pregnancy if you skip your sugar pills and start a new pack early. You may simply skip your period. Some women may have spotting or unexpected bleeding when doing so.
Should your period be regular after 6 months off birth control?
After stopping birth control, your period is likely to return to its previous pattern. If you were irregular prior to starting the pill, you're likely to be irregular after you stop.
Does going off birth control pills cause a late period?
It may, especially if your periods were irregular before you went on the birth control pill. You can expect your period sometime between the regular time and two weeks late. After that, you should be back on track. Take a pregnancy test if you've had unprotected intercourse.
It depends with the reason you were taking the hormone pills in the first place, if you were on them because you missed your periods and they were supposed to regulate them, its safe you only stick to those hormonal pills for the time being. Hormonal pills and birth control pills both contain synthetic versions of the female hormones estrogen and progesterone that work to change the way your natural body hormones work so that your body responds to normal functions; ovulation/ pregnancy. So since both of them are hormone changing pills, they have different functions which could mess up your body in a drastic and unhealthy way. So, see a doctor just to make sure if you can, just Incase the kinds of pills you are taking are not high in estrogen.
Does accutane affect the birth control pill?
There are no known drug interactions between Accutane and the birth control pill.
Why does boys carry condoms around with them?
So they can have protected sex, should the opportunity arise.
Do diuretics affect the birth control pill?
The answer depends on both the diuretic and the birth control pill. Contact your health care provider or pharmacist for advice specific to your situation.
How quick can you get pregnant when you start birth control?
Birth control is designed to prevent pregnancy, not help you get pregnant.
Do breast enlargement pills interfere with birth control pills?
It's not possible to say without knowing what's in the "breast enlargement pill." Bring the box to your pharmacist for information specific to your situation.
How do you start taking contraceptive pills?
It will be easy. Take them for 3 weeks once a day and then on the 4th week you will have your period. Im a doctor so I suggest you follow this advice. Any more problems ask your local pharmacist or doctor and they will help you with any future problems .
What birth control is better clear blue or first response?
They're of approximately the same effectiveness at birth control ... none whatsoever ... since they're both pregnancy tests, not birth control devices.
Will going on birth control control mood swings?
For some women, the birth control pill improves mood swings, and for others it lessens them. Talk with your health care provider about the pattern and type of mood swings you experience. Keep a diary of mood with respect to your menstrual cycle. This information will help you find a pill that will work best for you.
Does bactrim affect the birth control pill?
Study after study shows that there are no drug interactions between Bactrim and the birth control pill; however, some health care providers have made anecdotal reports of pregnancy from a woman taking birth control and antibiotics.
There is no listed interaction between bactrim and plan b but that does not mean there is none. You need to talk to your pharmacist as he has the latested information. Based on what is stated then plan b is just as effective with bactrim as it was without.
Does medical history matter when taking birth control pills?
Yes. All brands of contraceptive pill increase your risk of getting blood clots and certain types of cancer.
Although the risk is very small, if you have already had one of these ailments or you have a family history of these illnesses (for example stroke), it would be unwise to take the contraceptive pill and put yourself more at risk of having these illnesses. Your doctor will be able to advise you on whether it is a safe methode of contraception for you.
What are some birth controls that start with a L?
Levora is a birth control pill. It begins with the letter L.
Can the bleeding after missing a birth control pill be seen as menstrual?
When you're taking the birth control pill, you don't have a menstrual period. Instead, you have withdrawal bleeding. Menstrual periods are vaginal bleeding the follows ovulation by 14 days. Withdrawal bleeding is vaginal bleeding brought on by sudden cessation of hormone ingestion. Whether you have unscheduled bleeding from missing a pill or scheduled bleeding during your placebo week, neither is called a menstrual period.
Does milk affect the birth control pill?
There are no known interactions between milk and the birth control pill. You can take them together.
What birth control method has the least hormones?
The copper IUD has no hormones, and lasts for 5-7 years. And of course there are always condoms and the sponge.
How can birth control make you gain weight?
Despite old wives' tales to the contrary, birth control pills do not cause weight gain. Patients on birth control pills and patients not on birth control in controlled studies both gained weight.
