birth control

[letgodc5.livejournal.com]

okay, i'm sorry if this is lame, but i have a question of your opinions! i'm on yasmin, and have been for quite some time. i know this is bad but sometimes i continue taking the pills even after the 21 days, if i have plans that week, or just if i need to, you know. sometimes when i do that i get break through bleeding and just choose to get my period, but this is usually half way thru the 2nd consecutive pack.

ok to the point-- i want to keep taking my pill so i can have sex with my boyfriend before i go home and not see him for a week or two, most likely two. BUT, i have a obgyn appt on the 25th. I want that appointment to go well since its my first time going(was on pill originally for very heavy periods and yes, i know its time to go). i don't want to accidentally get breakthru bleeding right before my appt and ruin it. what do you guys think would be smart to do?

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oops

[letgodc5.livejournal.com]

sorry, i mean regarding--should i get my period now or wait

[x-cupkake.livejournal.com]

I'm on microgynon 30 and I skip my period all the time. At one point I done it for about 4 months and never had any break through at all...but if it isn't that heavy (your breakthrough) then I wouldnt see a problem. If your that worried could you not reschedule?

[letgodc5.livejournal.com]

i probably could. this place is hard to get into, but i have enough pills to wait. i'd just like to get it over with.
i won't mess up the appt if i get light breakthrough bleeding though right?

[sonarvampress.livejournal.com]

since you do have breakthrough bleeding sometimes it' would probably be best to just get your period now so it won't happen at the doctor's and mess up your appointment. A doctor's appointment is more important than sex with your boyfriend though I really don't get why so many women don't have sex when on their period. There's no law against it and having a period is something every woman goes through so it's not really gross.

[erase.livejournal.com]

yeah ditto. My hubby reckons I enjoy it more when im on my period!

[marionravenwood.livejournal.com]

i know this is bad but sometimes i continue taking the pills even after the 21 days, if i have plans that week, or just if i need to, you know.

It's not bad. There's nothing wrong with stacking your pills in this way. Yes, you could get breakthrough bleeding, but that's not indicative of any health problem.

As to whether spotting will mess up your appointment--that depends on why you're going. If you want a pap smear, some doctors advise against doing it if you're bleeding because it can cause a false positive. That's more a concern with the older type of pap test--liquid-based paps are supposed to be more accurate. And of course, you don't know if you will be spotting at all.

[h0rsegurrrl.livejournal.com]

I think she means that she doesn't take two full packs in a row, which you technically aren't supposed to do. There's nothing wrong with stacking your active pills, but you're supposed to take at least two full packs in a row if you want to stack and stay be protected, which it doesn't sound like she does. It sounds like she stops in the middle of the second pack once the breakthrough bleeding starts.

[letgodc5.livejournal.com]

you are right :(

how does it not keep you protected though if its monophasic?

[marionravenwood.livejournal.com]

how does it not keep you protected though if its monophasic?

You know, I'm thinking and thinking about this, and I can't figure out why it wouldn't keep you protected as long as you're not going any extra days without active pills. (You get fewer placebo pills on yasmin, right? Is it three or five?) It's not the correct way to stack pills, but it seems like you're just having an extra long cycle.

[letgodc5.livejournal.com]

no i still get my period for 4 days ish, and i take my pills after the proper amount of off days (7). for example, if i take an extra week of pills, its 28 active and 7 inactive still..

[h0rsegurrrl.livejournal.com]

I wish I knew; I'm not on HBC anymore but when I was, I mostly just either followed the directions, or used it to manipulate my period and relied on condoms for the actual protection aspect. I don't understand how you need to be on it for 21 days or 42 days to stay protected, I just take their word for it.

[letgodc5.livejournal.com]

yeah, i dont know. oh well, im just going to stop taking pills and get my period as usual, and resume taking the pills after 7 inactive days.

[marionravenwood.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you're right, I thought she meant she started spotting halfway through the second pack but kept taking active pills. I didn't realize she meant that once she started spotting she stopped taking pills.

[letgodc5.livejournal.com]

i decided i'm going to get my period now so i'll be good by my appt.i took a pill today already, so if i have sex tonight will i still be protected(i always use condoms, too)