I know it does change, but here's the deal: I'm on yasmin and today I started having some cramps, that definitely feel like menstrual cramps, and I figure I'm supposed to have my period on the white or "reminder" pills, yet I'm about 4 days away from those, and also, I notice there are 7. I heard the pill is supposed to give you shorter periods. My doctor told me my pill would give me a regular 28 day cycle but if that means 7 days of having my period, I think I'll go back to my 35 day cycle, with only 5 days of bleeding. But what prescription birth control method doesn't affect your cycle?
2007-01-04 11:55:07 · 5 answers · asked by nikaiylarocks 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Birth control basically overrides your naturally changing hormone levels, but it can take a while for that to kick in. This is your first month on it? It can be a little screwy for a while. It often takes three months for everything to settle into a consistent rhythm, and sometimes you need to change to a stronger brand if things haven't resolved in that time. I had to try five or six different kinds until I found one that works for me.
You have seven days of reminder pills, but you don't normally start bleeding until the second or third one, and you're usually done by the time you get to the active pills again.
2007-01-04 12:52:48 · answer #1 · answered by Seraphim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
birth control convinces that you are pregnant all month thus far preventing release of the fertile egg. without an egg there can be no insemination. when you are in your off days the pill is being cleanses from your body hense the period. this is also why when you skip a pill or you are to late taking them you may start a period breifly, its because your body remembers that it's not pregnant and needs to shed the lining. this only happens if your cycle gets off or you are on your off week. good luck hope it helps... and all BC will effect you cycle the best is the pill because it is most accurate, the patch also has an off "shed" week, the only BC that will majorly effect your cycle is the shot, the shot takes your cycle for months at a time and is not very healthy. good luck
2007-01-04 12:02:34 · answer #2 · answered by Lillian S. Phx Arizona 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In most packs there are 7, it's a reminder, the packs without I'm sure I'd forget when to start again lol. I'm on Levlen 28 and when I start my last week I don't get my period until the 4th day into the white pills and my period lasts from day 4- day 7, with day 7 being hardly much.
2007-01-04 12:00:10 · answer #3 · answered by Katie Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you mean that your cycle is normally 35 days? mine is too! my birth control never surpressed my body- my body never had a period during the "period" time and always did when it felt like it, even when i was taking active pills. i never asked my gyn if that was good or not, but that's what my body was doing.
i don't know of any pill that isn't going to mess with your cycle at least somewhat. just because there are 7 days allotted for your period doesn't mean that you'll bleed for 7 days, or that you'll bleed during that time at all!
2007-01-04 12:00:03 · answer #4 · answered by Loon-A-TiK 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All oral contraceptives will eventualy effect your cycle...some women I have prescribed for, only had 2 3 cycles a year. You have only just started taking them and your body hasn't figured out yet, what's up You should be on the placebo pills for seven days for you to go into a withdrawal bleed. Don't give up on them yet...give them a chance.. they will regulate you so you will know exactly when you will have a period...off of them it's guesswork!
2007-01-04 12:01:27 · answer #5 · answered by bflogal77 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋