Ok collective brain. I am starting birth control I haven't been on it in about 9 years and I am 28 I don't want kids at all. My question is I hate my period it's literally hell its never consistent and I have terrible cramps and back pain. I'm starting to spot so I know AF is trying to come for her monthly visit from hell and I'm not down with that this time. So I went ahead and took my first pill I've only been spotting for a couple of hours snd not consistently either. To be safe I took a pregnancy test and it was negative so there's no real reason I can't go ahead and take it right? Have you ladies ever skipped your period this way and if so did you have any side effects from doing it this way. I know the pill won't be affective for about 7 days I'm not really worried about that though I'm more worried about if this is going to work because I don't want my period this month