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To Skip Menstrual Cycle With Birth Control Pills?
Birth control
pills are proved to be effective in delaying monthly menstrual cycle. Women have
been in love-hate relationship with their monthly menstrual cycle. Study has shown
that if the choice for period were given, majority would opt for delayed menstrual
cycle. Though, to keep their feminism quite active, they do prefer to have monthly
periods.
Why women wish to skip monthly periods?
Most common
reasons are
- Present lifestyle has forced women to skip their periods or
extend them so their personal and professional lifestyle do not get disturbed
- some women may want to skip on medical grounds
- most of them experience
periods as the tough time because they experience sever cramping, headache, pain
and heavy bleeding. These conditions make them very frustrated.
How you
can skip the periods with help of birth control pills?
If you take the
following steps, you will be able to skip or delay periods by taking birth control
pills as instructed by your doctor or healthcare professional.
- You need
to determine which month you want to skip. Do you want to skip only one month,
two or three months or wish to remain period-free for the whole year.
-
If you wish to remain absent for one month, take birth control pills of 21 or
28 cycles. Please click at birth control pills - preview to find the list of pills,
injections and other methods of birth control with their cycles. Most commonly
used 21 or 28 days pills are Yasmin & Yaz.
Please remember that 21 days
cycle's pills have only active pills whereas 28 days pills have 21 days active
and 7 days place (inactive) pills. If you are on 21 days cycle, once you finished
the pack, start the fresh pack from 22nd day and complete the second pack. If
you stop taking pills between this second 21 days cycle period or after completion
of 21 days, you should get your periods back.
Similarly, in 28 days cycle's
pills, continue to take active pills till 21 days and then start the new pack
of active pills. Do not take 7 days placebo or inactive pills after 21 days. Once
you stop taking active pills either with completion or without completion of 21
days, your periods will resume in a day or two.
However, in any case, if
your periods do not resume within couple of days (maximum a week) once you stopped
taking pills, you must consult your doctor or healthcare professional. You must
be pregnant.
- If you wish to extend menstrual cycles for three months
or ninety days, you can opt for birth control pills like Seasonale or Seasonique.
Both pills are popular for extending periods as well as 99% guaranteed In protecting
from unwanted pregnancies.
- If, however, you plan to remain period-free
for the whole year, Lybrel is recommended. This is the only FDA-approved birth
control pill, which can be taken 365 days a year. It completely stops period for
the full year!
Tips:
1. When you plan to skip menstrual cycle for the
month, please make sure that you have the back up of new pack of pills. You should
not miss the day or else your period may resume
2. Please remember the
days you started the pills and never miss the dose as prescribed. Missing any
dose may not protect you from unintended pregnancy.
3. Some women are concerned
about skipping the periods. They are reluctant to take birth control pills for
this reason. It has been clinically proven that skipping period through pills
is safe. You will be in total control of your body. You may resume menstrual cycle
as and when you wish to.
4. If you always take birth control pills against
insurance from the particular pharmacy then it could be possible that pharmacy
might not allow you to take prescription continuously without taking placebo or
inactive pills. If that's the case, please check with your pharmacy if they can
allow you to buy insured pills to take on continuous basis skipping placebo or
inactive pills.
Please visit at price
list to find out prices and re-order facility for various birth control pills,
patches, injection and other birth control products.
The above article is for general information on birth control pills and birth control measures you can take while on travel and should not be taken as medical advice. If it is so, please consult your doctor or healthcare provider for treatment purpose.
