Skipping periods?

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I've seen and heard some girls talk about skipping their periods using their birth control...how does that work? I'm just kinda curious! Is that dangerous at all??

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To skip a period,  you start the next pack of pills, patch, or ring without taking a week off (don't take the sugar pills). It is perfectly healthy to do for a few months at a time because you never have a real period when using hormonal bc.  You only bleed because your body goes through withdrawal from the hormones. Talk to your dr to be sure, but I have read that it is fine. Birth control pills were originally meant to be taken every day without any break for a period. The only reason we have to suffer through one every month is because the christians got involved and said it was "unnatural" for women to go without a period.

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It's totally safe ;) I skip mine as needed for travel, a crazy work schedule or just because I don't feel like dealing with it. It's ine of the glorious perks of BC

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Yes, this is perfectly fine! It's called rapid-cycling. Doctors have been telling women with period issues (particularly women with endometriosis, like myself) to do this for decades. At my office, now it's a natural part of the birth control conversation! Why have a period if you don't have to? If you aren't trying to get pregnant, there's no medical reason to have a period every month.

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I think it's healthy but I'm not a doctor. The way I do it is I just skip the colored pills, and go right to a new pack.

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Thanks :)) I appreciate it!