PCOS Messages for December, 2002: Re: Birth control pills

Re: Birth control pills

From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 6 Dec 2002 18:54:30 -0600 (CST)

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True... doctors routinely have women supress their periods indefinitely for endometriosis and probably some other problems as well, so presumably it's not harmful. Not bleeding during the off week of a BCP isn't supposed to be harmful... but it can be a little nerve wracking.

BUT what I don't get is this... it's supposed to be OK, because the lining isn't building up like it would if you weren't on the pill. But if there isn't a lining building up... how the heck does all that stuff come out during the off week? Or does how much stuff builds up in there depend partly on the pills and partly your own hormones? This is something that's always confused me...

FWIW, I bled like a stuck pig on Yasmin. Demulen is the only pill I ever skipped a bleed on. But everyone's different...

At Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Randi wrote: >
>I have to agree with you, Victoria. I just had an endometrial biopsy
>(which was fine). My doctor just started me on Yasmin and told me that
>I may not get a period and that it's okay. I asked her to explain why
>this was okay, since I always thought that it wasn't good to go without
>it. She said that since my lining wasn't thick, the bcp would continue
>to allow my lining to stay that way. The hormones would do their part
>in "shedding" the lining however, I still may not bleed. She said I
>have a 50/50 chance of bleeding each month and the main reason for
>"needing" a period is to prevent the lining from thickening. (hope I
>explained that right).
>
>--
>Randi
>
>At Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Victoria wrote:
>>
>>Just a couple of things, this works well for monophasic pills, but not as well for triphasics. If this was said, and I missed it, I'm sorry.
>>
>>Also, I've not seen where it was harmful to not go more than 3 months without having a period. If you look on the womens health list, when a period is controlled by the pill, they have had people go up to 22 months (do a search on that, I believe that was the number) straight. When you are not having periods by yourself that a doctor isn't working with, then you have a problem and need to have one induced every 3 months.

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