About Brigid Kowalczyk Expertise Natural Family Planning issues related to fertility and health
Experience Your period is a natural normal function of your body. Protect your fertility. Birth control pills are bad medicine for something that is delicate and easily destroyed. Now is a good time to quit using the pill.
This is a question regarding my girlfriend.
She was on the patch and recently got off it(about 5 weeks ago-maybe 5.5 weeks)
When she got off the patch she had her period but has not had one since then. We have been sexually active in this window of time.
Do I have reason to worry?
After one gets off the patch - does the period return to a normal cycle or is it normal for it to take longer than the normal 28 days it took while she was on the patch?
Thanks ahead of time!
-Kae
Answer Even when she's on the patch or other birth control you should be worried. There is no birth control method that is 100%. You are only reducing your odds.
I have no way of knowing if you and she are at risk of becoming parents. Abstinence is the only guarantee of that. It may take a while for her cycles to return to normal, but no one can predict that. While she was on that hormone patch, her periods were not true cycles. Now her body has to get back to being normal again.
If you really love her you will not allow her to put any more chemicals into her body that are not healthy. Here is more information:
Birth control works in the following three ways:
1. Prevents ovulation by suppressing the hypothalamus part of the brain
2. Causes changes in the cervical mucus, preventing or delaying migration of sperm
3. Prevents implantation of the newly conceived baby (abortion)
Side effects include:
1. Headaches and Migraines
2. Mental Depression (Even To The Point Of Suicide And/Or Suicidal Tendencies),
3. A Decrease Or Loss Of Sexual Drive,
4. Abdominal Cramps, Bloating, Weight Gain Or Loss, And Water Retention;
5. Nausea And Vomiting (In About 10% Of Users);
6. Symptoms Of PMS, Vaginitis And Vaginal Infections.
7. Temporary Or Permanent Blindness, And An Intolerance To Contact Lenses
8. Anxiety And Nervousness And Hair Loss
9. Adrenal Suppression With Weight Gain
10. Mood Swings And Fatigue
11. Allergic Reactions and Excessive Bleeding
12. Voice changes, lowering of the singing range
Many women who take BCPs are more susceptible to bacterial, yeast and fungal infections because of the use of BCPs. They suppress the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis by constant, daily doses of potent steroids. This HPA axis controls the immune system responses, which handle infectious assaults. You could be sick more frequently and with more serious illnesses.
Other serious results from taking birth control (either pill or shot)
1. Increased Incidence Of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
2. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
3. Ectopic Pregnancy And Abortion
4. Strokes Or Heart Disease
5. Blood Clots, Especially If You Smoke
6. Damage To The Fallopian Tubes
7. Fibrocystic Breast Disease and Gall Bladder Disease
8. Breast Cancer Or Cervical Cancer
9. Either Temporary Or Permanent Infertility In Users With Previous Menstrual Irregularities Or Who Began The Drug While Still In Their Teens.
10. BCPs send a chemical message to the rest of the body; giving it the impression that the woman is constantly pregnant. The potent steroids affect all her vital organs and if the user conceives and does not abort, so are the vital organs of the preborn baby.
11. Depo-Provera, a derivative of progesterone, is injected once every three months into the deltoid muscle. This chemical transforms the lining of the uterus into a secretory state, preventing a preborn baby from implanting on its mother's womb. This is an early abortion, possibly every month. Some of the same effects from birth control pills are possible.
