TMI

[asterroc]

I kept hearing of this new trendy trend of women taking the Pill and skipping the placebo week. I wasn't sure how safe it was (both health-wise and protection-wise), so I didn't think much of it. Then I heard of Seasonale and realized there must be something to it. Imagine not getting your period except for every three months...

Well I recently had both a gyn and GP appointments, coincidentally on the same day, so I asked both what they thought of it. They both said no higher incidence of cancers or heart problems, no higher risk of unintentional pregnancy. Make sure I do the normal placebo week every 3 months though I can skip it the other two. I should expect some breakthrough bleeding for a while. They both seemed surprised I needed that much confirmation from them that it was ok.

After the appointment I went and found a sharpie and wrote 1 on the box of pills I was on at the time, and 2 on the box sitting under it. Friday I skipped over the placebo week on the first box and started in on the second box. I didn't get my period Monday. (For me to get my period on Mondays, I start my Pill cycle on Fridays instead of the Sundays they expect.) Today unfortunately I had unexpected breakthrough bleeding, ugh. It's been years since I've gotten my period when I wasn't entirely 100% expecting it, it was strange.

I'll have to "keep track" and see when it ends, see if it's less bad (length and strength) than it would've been if I had taken the Pill as normal. I wonder how long it'll take me to "normalize". I'm worried it might be a year since it usually takes a few "cycles," and now my cycles are more than a month long. Oh well, I'll deal. In the end it'll be worth it.

Comments

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

That's my default point of view when it comes to medicine. However I make exceptions for unintentional pregancy and paranoia - I wanted two methods of protection, and the only other one I was willing to use was the condom, so those're them. Add to that all the convenience of knowing exactly when I'm going to get my period, plus the fact that it's lighter, and the Pill's awesome.

[happyjenny.livejournal.com]

Oh! Yeah, I forgot to mention that the pill is awesome too. I'm just not sure about skipping on them there white pills... makes me all nervous

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Made me nervous too, which's why I asked both my doc and gyn, both of which said it's entirely 100% safe both health-wise and pregnancy-wise, and seemed shocked I was taking issue with it. It's been pointed out to me that for the majority of humanity's existence women haven't had nearly as many periods per lifetime as we do today, b/c they'd be pregnant or nursing for much of their lives. *shrug* As your doc's if you want. I'll let peeps know if anything bizarre happens like I grow extra heads. That'd be cool!