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Re: Can I make period shorter?
From: Anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 19 Aug 2003 22:08:22 -0500 (CDT)
Its too bad you didn't think about this a week ago, you could have taken
your break last week. If you are on a continuous pill and it is the
same dose for each pill I imagine it would have been OK. You can always
try starting after 5 days but I'm not sure it would make much of a
difference. Good Luck.
At Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Tara wrote:
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>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:
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>>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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