Alright I'm 20 and I’ve had my period for the last 11 years on schedule and everything... first off I know I’m not pregnant.. so don't even start that crap.. And two I have a dr. appt in two weeks and I’m going to ask this I just want to see if I am the only one or something.
Okay so I get my Period like clock work. Once a month every month and since I started taking the pill (about 5 years ago) I have started the same time the same day as the pills should make you do.. My question is that like when I was younger my periods were really heavy & bad and even so once I started the pill.. now they are hardly bad at all and I get by with using "lite" tampons for 6 hrs. this has been like this for about a year but I guess I never really noticed it.. so I was wondering has anyone else experienced this? also anyone else experience the "lite" period? Just wondering! Thanks!
2007-07-19 05:07:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
The tapering off of periods is pretty typical for long-time contraceptive users. Your body has adjusted to the hormones and is controlling your menstrual flow accordingly.
BTW, while you're on the pill, you don't ovulate, so you don't really NEED a menstrual period (as your body isn't building the endometrium as it would naturally for the fertilized egg to settle into in the event of pregnancy). The bleeding you have is actually just a physiological response to the sudden drop in hormones (during your placebo week).
2007-07-19 05:13:13 · answer #1 · answered by Brutally Honest 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
While I was on the birth control pill, my periods were almost nonexistent they were so light. The pill causes hormone changes. When I got off the pill, the heaviness came back. The pill tricks your body into believing it's pregnant so you can't get pregnant. Therefore, your periods are less. If you're really worried, you can get a blood test and dr will test for any other problems. I never had a problem, but it's better to be on the safe side.
2007-07-19 05:15:15 · answer #2 · answered by Meximama 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think all women experience a change in their periods when they switch to the pill. My periods would come anywhere between 21-30 days in between which was super annoying. I could never tell when I would start. Now I know that after my last pill, I always start friday night in the middle of the night. My flow starts out heavy for two days, gets light for one, stops for one, then gets heavy for one then I spot for the next day or two before I finally stop. It's not the same as it was before I started the pill. You're normal but ask your doc anyway, it can't hurt.
2007-07-19 05:12:35 · answer #3 · answered by gyoza1216 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah.. I can tell a big difference when I'm on the pill. My periods are shorter, lighter and I have less cramps. But when I'm not, its another story... I hurt so bad that I just want to lay in bed and the bleeding is awful. Its because of the hormones in the pills.
2007-07-19 05:11:47 · answer #4 · answered by Krysta1007 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Different kinda of birth control have a different effect on your period. Some cause heavier periods, other cause light periods that only last 1-3 days. This is how my periods are, light and short.
If this started occuring after your changed your birth control its probably your birth control you really have nothing to worry about.
Even if you haven't you have nothing to worry about. Over time your body changes and gets use to the birth control and may cause light periods also.
Don't worry to much many women have the same issue going on. But like you said talk to you doc about it, they can give you more details about it all. Good luck!
2007-07-19 05:16:47 · answer #5 · answered by teddy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is just what happpens when you are on the pill, my periods before the pill were awful and heavy and just nasty but after taking the pill I dont even realize I am on my period, it is a very normal thing. I just wish I started the pill when I started my period years ago lol!!
2007-07-19 05:11:38 · answer #6 · answered by *Butterfly* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The pill" is a hormone. Doctors routinely prescribe "the pill" not just for birth control but also to control heavy bleeding. I don't know the technical details but "the pill" tricks the body into thinking it is pregnant so you generally do not ovulate.
2007-07-19 05:15:19 · answer #7 · answered by Lynn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that one of the potential side effects of the pill is a lighter period. Either it's the pill or just your body maturing.
2007-07-19 05:11:40 · answer #8 · answered by Neka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pill does make you 'lite' it is more like a concentrate bleeding.
I think girls who are really heavy are advised if possible to go on the pill to make it 'lite' for them
2007-07-19 05:13:26 · answer #9 · answered by Redhead 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The horomones in the pill can make a period lighter and shorter.
2007-07-19 05:24:25 · answer #10 · answered by catsmeowjrk2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋