supergirl
11-21-2004, 07:54 PM
im on alesse and ive been skipping the green sugar pills and just going right from pink to pink is this okay?
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supergirl 11-21-2004, 07:54 PM im on alesse and ive been skipping the green sugar pills and just going right from pink to pink is this okay? Rms11 11-21-2004, 09:44 PM If you mean you are skipping your periods, yes that is okay. supergirl 11-22-2004, 02:03 PM If you mean you are skipping your periods, yes that is okay. this is the third time ive done it in a row, can this be harmful at all? or make the pill less effective? ive kinda gotten a bit of spotting in the last week, is there anyway i can stop the spotting? whatamIdoing 11-23-2004, 12:16 AM > can this [...] make the pill less effective? No. > ive kinda gotten a bit of spotting in the last week, is there anyway i can stop the spotting? Short of switching pills to something containing more estrogen, the answer is no. Unfortunately, if you skip your period too many times in a row, then the lining builds up to the point that it's not stable, and it starts leaking no matter what you're taking. Estrogen stabilizes the lining, so a higher dose can reduce spotting... but even that effect won't last forever. Usually, physicians recommend that you not skip more than about two periods in a row, because you're likely to spot by the time you reach #3 (some women can skip three or more; others can only skip one), and also because they worry about a small risk of infection. |
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