Re: ? about bc and periods
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 22:51:56 -0600 (CST)
It was a bit confusing so let me say that the failure rate with teh pill
is very, very low.
Hope this helps and write back anytime for more information.
HSM
At Thu, 29 Mar 2001, me wrote:
>
>Hi,
>I'm thinking about going to the doctor's to get birth control pills,
>mainly to regulate my period better, but also for the obvious reasons,
>too. I know that you take the pills for 3 weeks, then you take the
>placebo or whatever for a week and that is when you get your period, but
>my question is this, if in the off chance that you were to get pregnant
>while still being on the pill, would you still NOT get your period like
>a person who isn't on the pill and got pregnant? Or would you continue
>to get your period if you were on the pill and pregnant because of the
>hormones and everything in the pill...sorry if this is confusing..
--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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