[identity profile] frolicnaked.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] vaginapagina
Hi all!

We know one very common question that comes up in VP is when HBC users can expect their periods to show up during their hormone-free weeks. While it's totally normal for a withdrawal bleed to arrive at any time during the hormone-free week, knowing "it's all normal" doesn't necessarily give folks any idea of how common it is for bleeding to start sooner or later during that time. That can be a tad inconvenient even for people who aren't particularly worried about pregnancy -- and downright nerve-wracking for some people who are.

This is where this poll comes in. While it shouldn't be confused with actual large-scale and controlled research, our hope is that this can provide folks who are concerned -- or even just curious -- with some representation of how common it is for what to happen when.

The poll applies to people who use now or have used types of hormonal birth control that have a "set" time for a withdrawal bleed. This would mean combined oral contraceptives, contraceptive patches, and the Nuva Ring. It wouldn't include progestin-only pills, injectables (like Depo Provera), implants (like Implanon), or intrauterine systems (like Mirena) since these don't have a non-active time during which the body is "supposed" to bleed and therefore don't regulate bleeding in quite the same way.

When filling out this poll, please use when it is or was most common for you to start your period-like bleeding while taking hormonal birth control. If you feel like you need to click a couple of boxes to account for your normal variation, feel free to do that. And if there really is no "most common" bleed time for you, let us know that too.

[Poll #1252831]

And as always, if you feel like you need to explain something or provide additional information in the comments -- by all means, share!

Date: 2008-09-03 03:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mari-mac1109.livejournal.com
Mine's typically 4-5 days. I'm on the NuvaRing, Sunday start and start bleeding Thursday or Friday, usually.

Date: 2008-09-03 04:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] acerzen.livejournal.com
me too, though I am on Saturday withdrawal now and am going to take it out on Friday next time so I am fully done by the next weekend (but just starting after the weekend).

Date: 2008-09-03 03:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] queensugar.livejournal.com
WHOO HOO, my longtime totally non-scientific bet is currently in the lead. GO LITTLE BAR, GO GO GO!!

Date: 2008-09-03 04:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cathubodva.livejournal.com
It never seemed to matter what kind of HBC I was on - I would start bleeding (full menstrual bleeding, not spotting) 2-3 days BEFORE I stopped taking the active pills, if not before that. But I also ovulated while on HBC, so I guess I'm a weird one.

Date: 2008-09-04 01:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cathubodva.livejournal.com
Yup, that was me - I'm the gynecological oddball. =D But yeah, that's what the doctors determined; ovulation seemed to be regular and cyclical; I was experiencing mittelschmerz with nearly every cycle and that's why they did the ultrasounds in the first place (after I begged, that is, since they kept telling me it was impossible I was still ovulating). The only thing we found that actually overruled my own stupid hormones was Lupron. Thank goodness I don't have to worry about any of that anymore, since the hysterectomy.

Date: 2008-09-03 04:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pygmybugs.livejournal.com
I didn't know you could check more than one box!

Mine usually starts a day or two after I take my ring out, but I've actually spotted before I even take it out a few times.

Date: 2008-09-03 04:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kaz-lynx.livejournal.com
When I take it properly (which is most of the time, failed stacking experiments aside) it always always always starts on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning after finishing on Saturday, without fail. It's pretty nice :)
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Date: 2008-09-03 05:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emilymorgan.livejournal.com
*laughs* That's so cool!

Date: 2008-09-03 05:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vronwe.livejournal.com
That's amazing!

Date: 2008-09-04 12:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hollywillsay.livejournal.com
ha mine is like this too except wednesdays at 9pm. i start to get the cramps around 8:30 too.

Date: 2008-09-03 04:39 am (UTC)

Date: 2008-09-03 05:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sutaseiu.livejournal.com
Hmmm. With Alesse and my first go at nuvaring, I'd be bleeding by the end of the next day, or the morning after that. My second round with nuvaring was very wonky, and I have no clue, so just put 1-2 days. (Second time I was only spotting after the second month)

Date: 2008-09-03 05:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dayglow.livejournal.com
I take my pill at night, so my hormones stop on Wednesday around 10 pm. I start my period in the late morning or early afternoon on the following Saturday. I don't know if I ever want to give up the conveniency of knowing almost exactly when my period will arrive (and the choice to have a period that month at all).

I like the way our general VP anecdotal evidence is being slightly-more-scientifically proven through this poll. :P

Date: 2008-09-03 07:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] princess-kessie.livejournal.com
HBC didn't STOP me bleeding - I bled no matter what HBC I tried. Plus, you know, the whole being allergic to estrogens and all...

Date: 2008-09-03 12:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sprtwrid.livejournal.com
on pills, I was sunday starter, and my bleeding would always start on the wednesday of the last row, around 3pm (during my rifle competitions)

As an extra, on both the mini pill and my implant, while i have tended to skip bleeding for the first few months, it eventually settled down to about every 6 weeks.

Date: 2008-09-03 12:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/___tornprincess/
Mine is usually four or five days from my last active pill.

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