2007-05-22 09:37:12 · 5 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7 in Health ➔ Women's Health
There is a hormone called progesterone that is naturall made my our bodies (our being women) to prepare the uterus for a potential baby. It makes the uterus walls have more blood and generally be thicker. Think of adding padding to a baby cradle. So if you get pregnant, you keep making the progesterone to keep the uterus good for baby. If you dont get pregnant, then your body drops off making the progesterone and the extra blood and tissue (ie cradle padding) flows out as your period. The pill has progesterone as one of its main ingredients so it sort of fools your uterus into thinking it is pregnant and needs to stay good and thick for the baby. With the old pills, you just dont take them one week per month, and with the lack of progesterone, you bleed. With this new one, you just dont take the week off so you dont stop having the supply of progesterone.
2007-05-22 09:45:37 · answer #1 · answered by alliecat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The way most birth control pills work is they stop your eggs from releasing and producing, which is why you even bleed: to clean out the unfertilized egg. So, this pill stops the releasing of eggs. Just letting you know (even though I would like to try it as well), when you stop your period, you halt your ability to have children, and you increase your risk of heart problems. Be careful and make sure that this type of BC is right for you. Other than that, why have an annoying period! lol
2007-05-22 16:44:52 · answer #2 · answered by Yeahthatsright 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you're talking about one of the many varieties of pill that prevent you from having a period because you're using the pill constantly, then its because the pill makes your body think it's pregnant and it forces your body to menstruate during the placebo week. If you take out the placebos, you'll have a constant level of hormones in your system tricking your body into not ovulating. No ovulation, no build-up of the endometrium (uterine lining), no period.
2007-05-22 16:42:23 · answer #3 · answered by Brutally Honest 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Getting your "monthly bill", as you put it, is merely the uterus shedding its lining when it detects that no egg has implanted. The new pill will prevent the shedding of the uterine lining and, therefore, no bleeding will occur.
2007-05-22 16:41:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing. Your body just won't cycle.
2007-05-22 16:41:27 · answer #5 · answered by tessasmomy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋