Birth control pill question...?

Question

Ok - here's the deal. I had a vasectomy about 4 years ago. The 2 reasons for this were my wife & I are finished having kids and I wanted my wife off of birth control pills.

For the past couple of months, my wife has been getting her period every 19 days and she is sick of it. She wants to go on the pill again to control her period. Actually, she is interested in that method that's an implant. A friend of ours has been on that and hasn't had her period in YEARS!

My question is how safe is it to not have your period? My view is there is a reason that the body eliminates via menstration and messing with that can't be good. My wife insists that it's been around for years and is completely safe but something tells me that every pro has a con. I'm concerned with cervical cancer or something. Does this increase the risks? Basically, is it safe to not have a period because of birth control methods?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

This is something that I've been trying to read up on for a while now, and there are mixed views. Some will argue that menstrual suppression isn't a bad thing, or a bad idea for those women that suffer from endometriosis and painful periods or those that suffer from menstrual migraines, and that it's been tried for years. Others will argue that menstruation is a natural part of a woman's life that shouldn't be tampered with, by trying to argue that suppressing the menstrual cycle can result in an increased risk of heart attack, stroke or cancer.

If your wife is interested in a contraceptive implant like Norplant, this is something you both should discuss with her doctor. Not every method of contraception works for all women. And not all women are going to have the same side effects when using the same method. I have a few friends that tried the Norplant for the five years it lasts and some experienced no menstrual bleeding, others had unexpected times of spotting or bleeding.

Has your wife ever considered using Seasonale? Menstrual periods are supposed to be reduced to only four times a year, but again, this can differ among women. But it still beats having monthly cycles.

Really, you and your wife should discuss this with her doctor. Her doctor will be able to tell you the pros and cons of menstrual suppression and what method is best suited to her individual needs. She needs a medical examination/evaluation to ensure that she doesn't have a medical condition where she shouldn't be using certain methods of contraception. Good luck to you both!

Answer 2

birth control will regulate her cycle. As long s she is in generally good health and doesn't smoke it is safe to take the pill. the pill does help prevent against breast and cervical cancer. It is no way 100% but does help. It is totally safe to now have a period. They even have a birth control called seasonale (sp) She would only get her period 4 times a year. The iud is also an alternative. That may cause some discomfort upon insertion but you don't have to worry about it for 10 years. My husband also had a vasectomy because I don't want to be on the pill. Good for you for doing that for the two of you.

Answer 3

Ummm, I don't know. I wouldn't think it safe to go that long without a period. BUT, it may not have that effect on her body. Everyone's body is different and the same drug can affect woman "A"'s body different than woman "B".

Take me, for example, my sister swears by the Depo shot (which, btw, has the same chemicals as the Norplant), she used the shot for YEARS, but me, same blood as her, I cant take it, b/c I get my period for 3 wks out of the month!!! The only thing my body can handle is the BC pill.

My point is, she can use the Norplant, but she may not get the same results, she may end up being like me, and the chemical in it may cause her to bleed almost all the time!

Answer 4

Because beginning manage does now not preserve you from STDs. Only a condom can do this. It's first-class that your gf is on beginning manage, as you're correct approximately it being extra potent in opposition to being pregnant. However oral beginning manage and different contraceptives, such because the beginning manage jewelry and pictures, DO NOT preserve you or her from STDs. Pulling out/Withdrawing (anything you choose to name it) could also be for the prevention of being pregnant, now not STDs. The handiest time it's nontoxic to NOT use condoms is whilst BOTH of you're monogamous and BOTH of you might have not too long ago been checked for STDs and HIV/AIDS, and had terrible outcome definitely. Even if you understand you and your companion had been monogamous, you will have to each be proven each and every 6 months simply to be certain. Remember that you do not must have intercourse to get HIV/AIDS, and the final factor you desire to do is supply your companion an STD.

Answer 5

birth control in any hormonal form stops a woman's body from building up the lining to be shed while getting her period. it's not necessarily unsafe to not get your period, but usually your doctor will recommend you get your period every few months only because the birth control methods that stop your period are so new they really don't have any long-term-effect studies available. the last dr I talked to said it would hafta be about 5 years before she recommended I come off the birth control for a while. (I am on it for pregnancy purposes, not to regulate my period. still working on my husband's vasectomy, he says he read somewhere that it causes prostate problems later in life. true??)