pill effects

[sixpounder]

my girlfriend and i decided that it would be best for her to go on the pill. what i dont understand is how the first month of taking the pill works. apparently she has her "lady time"(period) for a whole month, can anybody tell me why?

[amtjrtcet]

I didn't but I guess everyone is different. My doctor advised me to be very careful the first month. That was years ago, but I think that probably still applies.

[RayKay]

Um, no she should not get it for the whole month unless she was having a reaction to the hormones in that they were not enough to stop her bleeding. Sometimes you have breakthrough bleeding, but I have rarely heard of it for the whole month and not the first month as you should begin taking it at or near end of period anyway.

 

In the first month though you should not have sex without a condom as it will not yet be effective. It takes time to build up the hormones required to prevent ovulation and to ensure it is an effective pill for her.

[sparkle1]

A whole month? gees' whats he giving her?

 

No a month doesn't sound very right to me....

[InaneCathode]

Well it is possible, my girlfriend had the same thing when she was on the pill a couple years ago.

[kellbell]

Hey there,

 

I have never heard of a woman having her period for an entire month. Are you sure? I have heard women on Depo Provera (it is a shot for birth control) having their periods for a while or a lot of spotting.

 

The pills "trick" the body into thinking it is pregnant (the hormones) and also changes the lining of a women's uterus, making it more tough and mucous like which makes it very difficult for an egg to attach to the uterus. The sugar or placibo pills have no hormones in them and that is when the woman's period comes. The Orthro Evra patch (which I use) works the same way expect I take my patch off for one week and I get my period.

 

What pill is she on? I would recommend you wearing condoms while her body adjusts to the pill. And not all pills are as effective for each woman. It depends on her body, hormone levels and so forth.

 

Good luck and be careful.

[agent1607307371]

It sounds like the pill is not the best thing for your girlfriend to be on.

 

Both my friend and my sister had excessively long periods when they were on types of birth control that was not right for them. When they switched, they were much happier.

[booberry]

Tell your girlfriend to visit her GYN again. When I first when on the pill when I was around 18, It took me a few different tries with a few different brands before I found one that worked for me. My side effects at first were pretty strange, but I dont think a month-long period sounds normal at all.

[sixpounder]

shes on the same pill as the rest of her friends and they all went through the same thing. and we decided not to have sex until after the first month shes been using the pill

[gattsuga]

maybe call a real doctor and get input from them. i don't know how many medical degrees are lurking this forum

[Cutting_deeper]

No no no, that hasn't happened to anyone i know. Be carefull about that.