Stacking triphasic HBC?
Feb. 15th, 2012 10:44 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
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Can someone please tell me how to stack triphasic HBC? I just started on one and I usually stack my packs together to avoid getting my period. I haven't ever been on triphasic HBC (I'm on it for acne) so I don't know how to do it! Do I just skip the last week and go from one pack to the next, or do I stack the pills in a certain order?
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Date: 2012-02-15 03:56 pm (UTC)When you are on birth control pills, your bleeding starts because your hormone levels drop when you switch to inactive pills or no pills. With a tri-phasic pill, each week has a different level of hormones, so if you just stacked 1-2-3-1-2-3, there would be a hormone drop from 3 to 1 in the middle. So you could start bleeding. If you stack 1-1-2-2-3-3 or 1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-3, then you avoid the hormone drop.
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Date: 2012-02-15 09:03 pm (UTC)Or you can mix-and-match a little: 1-1-2-2-3-3-3-2-1, for instance, if you aren't sure you'll manage to stack for a full three months, but want to take a stab at it.
Good luck!