My senior prom is next Saturday, and it just happens to be the first day of my period. I get horrible cramps that Midol and Ibuprofen sometimes don't even help, (and I'm not wanting to be in pain all day and night) so I'm wondering if it's possible to skip the "period pills" at the end of the packet and just start a new pack on the day my period is supposed to start. I use Estrostep, and I know many women do it, but is it safe and does it make it any less effective?
2007-03-28 17:24:37 · 5 answers · asked by Erin 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
ask your provider for instructions. They can help you skip one or more of your periods i just looked it up on google .com but i couldnt copy the link!
2007-03-28 17:33:39 · answer #1 · answered by shannonlee05@sbcglobal.net 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its perfectly safe. Some women with medical conditions or especially heavy painfull periods skip them altogether. I have done this for a whille now.
The bleed you get while taking the pill is not actually your real period. It is an artificial period, produced as a result of the withdrawl symptoms your body has due to taking sugar pills rather than hormones.
The sugar pills were only added in by manufactures so that women wouldnt panic and think that they were pregnant when they didnt get their period.
Your period does NOT "clean out your body" and "get rid of bad blood and bacteria" like some people say! If the uterus is so full of bacteria and bad blood and needs cleaning out, then why is this the part of our bodies where defenceless babies live for their first nine months!
So go ahead and skip the all sugar pills, its fine.
Hope I help, and check out this site, the Mayo clinic has been respected for decades
www.mayoclinic.com/health/womens-health/WO00069
2007-03-29 00:50:24 · answer #2 · answered by . 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
god yes i do it all the time as long as u get it once every three months just remember it is an induced period u can shuffle it around a bit to suit you and it doesnt have an effect on the pills potentcy.. but if it is ur first time skipping it u may spot bled or worst it may still come, but i no it works fine every time for me! good luck and have fun!
2007-03-29 00:35:11 · answer #3 · answered by just_looking thanx 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes as long as you let yourself have a peroid every once in a while. Try switching you bc to Seasonal this one is set up for you so you only have 4 periods a year
good luck
2007-03-29 00:41:24 · answer #4 · answered by juliannamivida 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is perfectly fine and in fact, will give you better protection against pregnancy. just finish up the new pack and take those placebos at the end of the second pack.
2007-03-29 00:41:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋