understanding the pill???

[Down_UnderKid]

hey all i know this may sound like a silly question, (and i have looked in the blank manual but didnt find anything) but can someone explain to me how the pill works and if a girl is on it, does she still get her period or what?

my last gf had the injection and never got her period. im just a bit confused here people lol


any help would be great

cheers
Down_under kid

 

[SweetErika]

If you want to know how the pill works, google 'how does the pill work?' and you'll get plenty of plain-language explanations.

What a woman gets when she's on hormonal birth control (if it's working) is not a period, it's technically breakthrough bleeding from stopping the hormones for a week (pills either come in 21-day packs, or 28-day packs, where the last week is a sugar pill/placebo). That's why many women have much lighter "periods" or just a little bit of bleeding on the pill.

Depo provera (the shot) is like the pill, but a much higher dose of hormones and can stop a woman's "period" altogether while the hormones are in her system, and even for many months after her last shot.

 

[Down_UnderKid]

thankyou erika for that

again a wealth of knowledge on many things lol


cheers

 

[fire_breeze]

Seeing as how I'm bored, I thought I'd find some articles facts about the Pill, as per SweetErika's excellent suggestion.

Happy reading!



General info

Basic info

More info

Mayo Clinic

Myths debunked.