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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:20 pm
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:25 pm
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:27 pm
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Gigi Deveraux BaconAngel So I picked up my birth control pills today, but I can't start them until the first day of my next period. I know that birth control pills can make periods lighter and/or shorter, but does anyone know when it starts? Basically, I was wondering if taking birth control for the first time ever when my period starts will make that same period shorter, or if it'll take time.
*(I'll be using Lo Loestrin Fe, in case anyone knows about that particular brand) How many pills in the pack? 21 or 28?
It's a 28 pack. The first 24 are progestin and estrogen, the next 2 are estrogen only and the last 2 are placebo.
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:35 pm
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BaconAngel It's a 28 pack. The first 24 are progestin and estrogen, the next 2 are estrogen only and the last 2 are placebo.
Oh. I've only ever used the levonorgestrel/ethynilestradiol (whatever those are cat_sweatdrop heh) and they come in 21 packs.
In any case, once you start, the pills go to work right away. Your next period should be noticeably lighter than the ones before, if not shorter, and you should have a lot less cramping. You might have mid-month spotting, or what I call a sluggish flow (when your period comes it moves so slowly it's brownish instead of red - no need to worry there!).
I do want to remind you that you have to be, well, religious in taking your pills, especially if you're sexually active. If you are, use a backup the first couple of months while you get into the routine.
Does that help or did I miss anything?
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:41 pm
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Gigi Deveraux BaconAngel It's a 28 pack. The first 24 are progestin and estrogen, the next 2 are estrogen only and the last 2 are placebo. Oh. I've only ever used the levonorgestrel/ethynilestradiol (whatever those are cat_sweatdrop heh) and they come in 21 packs. In any case, once you start, the pills go to work right away. Your next period should be noticeably lighter than the ones before, if not shorter, and you should have a lot less cramping. You might have mid-month spotting, or what I call a sluggish flow (when your period comes it moves so slowly it's brownish instead of red - no need to worry there!). I do want to remind you that you have to be, well, religious in taking your pills, especially if you're sexually active. If you are, use a backup the first couple of months while you get into the routine. Does that help or did I miss anything?
No, it helps! According to the stacks of paper the pills came with, I'll be covered right away as long as I take the pills the FIRST day of my period...I thought that was strangely specific, especially because I couldn't get pregnant then anyway...But, oh well! Birth control will just be another crazy life adventure.
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:11 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:17 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:37 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:38 pm
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Rose Han BaconAngel So I picked up my birth control pills today, but I can't start them until the first day of my next period. I know that birth control pills can make periods lighter and/or shorter, but does anyone know when it starts? Basically, I was wondering if taking birth control for the first time ever when my period starts will make that same period shorter, or if it'll take time.
*(I'll be using Lo Loestrin Fe, in case anyone knows about that particular brand) I am also using Loestrin. I have been on it for about a year and a half now. As far as I can remember the pills changed my period after the first month of taking them. I definitely like this one better than the first birth control I was on. It definitely made my period lighter I went from 7 days of pmsing to only 3-4 days. I am also a lot lighter too. I hardly cramp and if I do it is only a little.
I'm on my second pack now, and my last period was only four days and very, very light bleeding. Of course, the period before that (when I started my first pack) lasted for 3 weeks...Other than that, the only negative thing I've experienced is moodiness. I've had depression for years, and the hormones, even in a small dose, are seriously messing me up. I worry that I may have to choose between birth control and a bipolar disorder...
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 7:36 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:37 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:17 pm
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