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Re: Can I make period shorter?
From: Tara (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 19 Aug 2003 22:02:04 -0500 (CDT)
Hi! I already do take my pills continuosly and have been for over 4
years. I normally go nine weeks on, one week off. It is time to go
off, and believe me, my body wants it (I normally start spotting in the
eight week). Anyway, I took my first placebo today. I am going away
for one night next week with my boyfriend. I waited all year for this
day so I don't want to have my period. I was hoping that staring a new
pack after taking only 5 days of placebos would make the period end
earlier. Does anyone think this would work?
At Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Anonymous wrote:
>
>Just one word of caution on continuous birth control pills, if you have
>a triphasic pill such as ortho tri-cyclen it doesn't always work very
>well. You need to be on a monophasic pill (same hormones in every
>active pill).
>
>At Tue, 19 Aug 2003, anon wrote:
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>>I don't know if that would make your period shorter, but it's worth a
>>try - might work for you. Some of the older brands of the pill had 20
>>days of active hormones and just 5 days of placebo. Most brands of the
>>pill will make your periods lighter and shorter, so if you've just
>>started taking it, you might wait a few months and see what happens.
>>Actually, it's easy to skip your period completely by skipping the whole
>>week of placebos and starting the next pack early. This way you can
>>choose to have your period only once every two or three months or even
>>less often than that (maybe even never!). This also makes it more
>>effective at preventing pregnancy because you aren't "taking a break"
>>for a week every month to let your ovaries get a little exercise.
>>
>>At Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Tara wrote:
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>>>Will taking 5 placebos instead of 7 make a period that normally lasts 9
>>>days shorter?
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