leeintx
09-18-2003, 10:30 PM
i have been takeing alesse birth controll pills since oct. 2002 nearly a year. i take my pills faithfully everyday at 10:30am. on time every time... i havent had a period for 2 months the other months were not much of a period also a couple of spots....i have never had this exp. on a birthcontrol before. has anyone had this problem on alesse? no periods? i know im not preg..im to faithfull to the pills..please respond....i know alesse is a 1 hormone pill and im wondering if that has something to do with it? please respond....
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leeintx
09-19-2003, 09:18 AM
what do you mean adapated to the dosing of the pill? is there any chance of pregnancy with this pill? like i said i take it faithfully on time every day..thanks for your responce...i did in fact call my obgyn and they said to take 1 more cycle and if i dont have a period i haft to call them and set up an apt. ive been on alesse for nearly a year. thanks again..
strand3d
09-19-2003, 07:00 PM
no! there's nothing wrong with you OR the pills! That advise above is simply rubbish. A lot of women don't get a period on birth control pills, especially a low dose pill like Alesse. It's not uncommon at all, and it doesn't mean that the pill isn't working either. Like with depo, it can just surpress your period. For some women, the hormones just don't trigger a period. As long as you're giving yourself a placebo week, so your body can bleed if it wants, your totally fine.
If you're really worried, you can call your gyno, but as long as you're taking your pills properly, consider yourself lucky that you're not getting a period, I wish mine would go away :)
If you're really worried, you can call your gyno, but as long as you're taking your pills properly, consider yourself lucky that you're not getting a period, I wish mine would go away :)
leeintx
09-19-2003, 11:24 PM
TO strand3d-------------thank you so much for your reply..........it made me feel better..i have heard that some bc pills make women not have periods.thanks again for the great come back..
strand3d
09-19-2003, 11:52 PM
No problem hon. Glad i could be of help.
surrealmeal
09-21-2003, 04:19 PM
Hmmm to the best of my knowledge, Alesse is a multi hormone pill, not just a one hormone pill.
Pandabaire3
09-21-2003, 04:24 PM
True, Aleese contains both estrogen and progestin...the only "one hormone" pills that exist are the so called "mini-pill" formulations that contain only progestin.
pbj
09-22-2003, 07:48 PM
I don't want to scare you or anything but I was on Aleese, and I took it everyday at the same time and I got pregnant from it and now have a two year old. I would call you dr and switch.
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Pandabaire3
09-22-2003, 08:45 PM
You can take a pill "faithfully" but if at any point you've been on antibiotics or other medication that can weaken the effectiveness of the bcp, or if you've had a bout of illness that included vomiting or the runs, then that can effect the protection that you've been using the bcp for. I say get a pregnancy test.
surrealmeal
09-22-2003, 10:02 PM
PBJ- did you use any back-up contraception such as condoms while you were on Alesse?
strand3d
09-22-2003, 10:17 PM
There is no proof that low dose pills like Alesse don't protect as well againts pregnancy as higher dose pills. You either didn't take the pill correctly (which would be my guess, even though you claim you did) or you were that small failure rate. Alesse is very effective, She has nothing to be worried about.
leeintx
09-22-2003, 10:29 PM
i caled the obgyn again today. she told me that as long as i was takeing the pills like im supposed to and i am -alesse- she said that i have nothing to worry about, that if i dont have a period on the next cycle to call her and get an appointment with the dr. she also said that i have nothing to worry about. that some women dont even have a period while takeing birthcontrol pills. it does scare me on pregnancy cause i have had 2 miscarrages and 2 dnc surgerys. 1 in 2000 i was 3 months and 1 in 2001 i was 4 1/2 months and i do not want to be pregnant cause i am scared of another miscarrage. i have a 14 yr old son and the preg. went fine. i am 33 yrs old. thats why i am so scared of preg. and i do take the pill alesse on time every day.....trust me!
monifa
10-29-2003, 04:58 PM
don't mean to scare you,but i have had two children,and two miscarriage's on alesse. I have a one year old,just switched to yasmin last month(smile)
Pootsi
10-29-2003, 05:37 PM
Im on Yasmin, and like it okay, but thinking of switching to Alesse, only because I heard that it's one of the lower estrogen b.c.'s.
I have endometriosis, and estrogen is what makes it grow.
Not concerned about getting pregnant. Endo already took that from me.
I have endometriosis, and estrogen is what makes it grow.
Not concerned about getting pregnant. Endo already took that from me.