ok, i was on the pill before, for a month, when it made me really ill. I was on Microgynon 30.
Now, (as of tuesday) i am on a new one Loestrin 20, and i am just wondering, (if anyone knows of it of course), when it begins to be effective, both me and my partner want to....."finish naturally" if you get what i mean, so far we've always been careful, and now that i am on the pill we want to take it that tiny bit further. Do i have to wait a few weeks for it to be properly in my system, or is it, like the microgynon, effective immediately after the first pill? I would like to know asap, as it doesnt say on the instructions (i spent almost half an hour reading and re-reading them to be sure of things before posting) and my bf is staying over this weekend. Any help would be useful, and i apologise if this sort of thing is posted and replied to elsewhere, or if it is on the info part of the site.
Thanks in advance
Maya Minx
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This link was the only info I could find about how quick it works:
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100003843.html
wow thank you that was REALLY helpful...so i should be ok this weekend then if my period's stopped (i dont even cuddle him when im "ick" lol).
One more question though, what is breakthrough bleeding? is that bleeding during sex?
Breakthrough bleeding is when you have some bleeding intermittantly while on the pill, it happens at a time when you are not having your period. It's generally very light/scant, and will last for a day or two. When you first begin the pill is when it is most predominant. I have taken the pill intermittantly over the years and it did only happen when I first started the pill many years ago or when I was switched to Depo shots. Never had it happen again.
If you are uncertain about the protection use backup.
Some of the patient brochures say wait a week; others a month. Most doctors do recommend one full menstrual cycle to be sure.
Breakthrough bleeding occurs when the system is confused and hormone levels are changing. Many women experience while getting started on hormonal birth control. You are now on a pill with lower hormones than your previous one. It is less likely to produce side effects but it is more sensitive to being taken regularly as prescribed. If you miss one, use a backup birth control method.
so its what my doctor called "blood spotting" then?
Well on saturday it would be 5 days that ive been taking them...would i be protected enough if we didnt use other forms of contraception?
Maya,
I just said that some brochures say a week and some say a month. Most doctors recommend a full menstraul cycle. If you were my patient I would say no wait until you finish the first pack. If you do not like the advice you are getting here, ignore it and call your doctor.
Blood spotting would be breakthrough bleeding.
i do appreciate the advice im getting here Brandye, you know i always value your more experienced knowledge (of everyone here). Im just a bit anxious, as is every girl who is in my position i guess.....i apologise if i came across wrong. In the instructions it doesnt say when it becomes efective, and when it is "safer" to.....finish naturally. I just want to be sure of all the facts before we go and do something stupid! I certainly dont want it to fail, as i know there is a risk of that. Grrrr i hate showing that i dont know something, im a stereotypical stubborn taurus .....
Better to ask, Maya. I had referred a guy for a vasectomy and he got his wife pregnant the next day! No one at the NHS clinic had told him it took a few shots to clear the tubes.
You have waited this long; another week or so with a condom will not hurt.
I agree, I'd wait just to be safe.
What's waiting a week or 2... if the consequence is a kid when you aren't ready??
valid points....
i have an appointment with my GP on the 15th of February anyway, so we're going to wait, i told him my doctor friends (ie Brandye etc) think it would be better that we wait, just in case, and he reluctantly agreed, being slightly younger than i he CERTAINLY doesnt want a kid now! But he has agreed, which suits me, as i have a strange feeling that the breakthrough bleeding is going to last 3 months (on the microgynon i was bleeding constantly for the whole month untill i stopped taking them)...which does unfortunately mean no sex at all during that time....as im not the sorta gal to have sex while on her period...i almost tried it once but chickened out at the last second (literally) and breakthrough bleeding is pretty much the same principal, to me at least if not exactly. Im hoping it doesnt though, as...well...i dont want him straying in those 3 months while he "aint gettin any"....i suppose if he does then i will know that he isnt worth the trouble, but if he doesnt that hes something to hold on to tightly................right?
I had breakthru bleeding my very first pack of pills, almost the whole time... then I got my regular period...and after that I've been fine.
Glad you decided to make sure it was safe.... I was so paranoid I think I waiting like 2-3 pill packs lol.
Just don't let your B/F make you feel guilty for your decision... since you said he "reluctantly" agreed. It was the mature one :)
If a guy can't control himself for 3 months... then yea you totally don't need him. What did he do when you first met and he had to wait till you first had sex?? Guys can survive w/out sex.. and if they tell you they can't... then its BS. They can take care of themselves... plus you guys can do other stuff besides intercourse.
Good Luck
well because we were kinda together for like 3 months before we actually started going out, he didnt have to wait that long.....*blush*
we were both reluctant about waiting longer, as i had said that i was considering it this weekend, but as i was still bleeding at the time it was a case of "erm...maybe another time baby" lol. And then when i read the posts on here (saturday night hehe) i told him that hed have to wait....i was also reluctant about it, but i told him the possible consequences and he soon came around to the idea (the fact that my parents dont know we're sleeping together and have been for about 3 months now kinda persuaded him, as hes kinda scared of them :) an advantage for me??) and well, weve tried a break from it, and after that the sex was better, so ive told him "how much better du think it would be after 3 months?" ;) he melted hehehe. So i guess he wont do anything stupid...if he does im choppin 'em off with a cleaver! lol i wouldnt really but still...
what are good things to do, when i wont let him touch "down there"....??
ok, so after a cycle and a half i let bf finish inside me. He has a few times, but each time, most of it just kinda dribbles out again when i get up. Does this always happen or is this just because everything is thicker and thus more difficult for it to get through?
just wondering.....
Everyone get the "drippies", it's the law of gravity meaning what goes up must come down. There is no way around it, and it's the reason women hit the bathroom afterwards.
[QUOTE=sera300;169417]Everyone get the "drippies", it's the law of gravity meaning what goes up must come down. There is no way around it, and it's the reason women hit the bathroom afterwards.[/QUOTE]
TRUE. My bf loves to do this.... Afterwards, it is a bit uncomfortable for us women! Look what we do for these men :)
It's worse if WE have to sleep in the wet spot!!!! I don't mind the "wetness" after as long as I can get to the bathroom. Now, men who find it unromantic for us to run to the bathroom afterwards, they should sleep in the wet spot!!!!
i remember when i was first on the pill and we tried the pullout method once or twice, and each time he made me sleep on the wet spot, it was NOT pleasant!
but yeah, i was just wondering if it was something to do with my pill as i know it makes things thicker, either way it redices chance of pregnancy right?
Not sure of what you are asking when you wrote "it makes things thicker"...if you have been taking the pill and have not skipped any, chances of pregancy are very minimal. Minimal is only because all birth control methods have "failure rates". Meaning taken or used correctly they still have a rate of failure. This is why many recommend two methods, and condoms protect from std's.
The amount of fluid which leaks out has no correlation to you taking the birth control pill, some your body absorbes and the remainder leaks out. If you have been taking the pill you are not ovulating; therefore, it prevents pregnancy. No difference if it leaks or does not...
now things make more sense!
i know the pill makes everything inside thicker, like the walls of the womb and stuff or something. cant remember what its called atm lol.
I was just wondering if it was related to me taking the pill, i havent skipped any and have taken them all on time every night without fail i make sure of it!
Question...when its during my 7 days off the pill (what would be my period) well, is there anything we can still do together to get pleasure? or is it a case of "going without" for a week. I dont like the thought of anything "down there" during an "ick week" so he gets frustrated, is there anything i can do to...ease that frustration? something new and creative...?