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Interesting. I have no need for bc (one good thing about infertility), but the idea of no more periods is enticing. Have to admit though, the unnaturalness does bother me. I don't quite trust western medicine enough to want to sign up for their chemical cocktail for the rest of my child-bearing years. I find it hard to believe that there are no chances of side effects or long-term problems they haven't discovered yet.

I know - it sounds too good to be true. But I think a lot of things sound like that when they are first introduced.

It does make you wonder, where does it all go if it doesn't leave your body? But I know the FDA is super tough, and I don't think it would have gotten approved unless they were able to prove it was safe.

But I know what you mean about the long term effects. My guy is going to get snipped really soon, and I'm going to get off of bc.

I wonder about that, too, though. Are there any side effects to getting snipped? Does anyone know?

I think it just doesn't get created ...

I've done some checking on this since I've been using regular b/c pills to skip periods with my gyno's approval and support. (I just don't take the inactive pills and go on to a new pack.) Basically when you're on the pill, and then go on the sugar pills for the last week, it's not a real period, it's a "withdrawal" period. It's not necessary because you're not ovulating. The pill halts ovulation, so there's no egg to shed. It is safe, because in the "olden days" when women were bearing children and breastfeeding year after year, they only had about 50 periods during their entire childbearing lives. Modern women have many many more than that (I don't remember the exact average number, but imagine how many it is if you don't have kids and have a period every month for what, 30-35 years? That's a lot.) Before I started using the B/C pill skip periods method, I was on Depo, which also halted periods. So I haven't had them regularly for quite a while. (I did for a short while when I tried Seasonale pills, which didn't work for me and made me bleed all the time! Not good!)Also, today's pills are so much a lower dose than the first B/C pills, there is not really much risk at staying on them continually. I've done some research on it and consulted my gyno, and that's the information I've found.

I personally HATE having a period. Mine aren't painful or anything, they're just annoying and inconvenient. I love being able to eliminate them. To me, it's one of the benefits of living in this day and age, when we can easily prevent pregnancy AND periods! I'd get a tubal or Essure, but that doesn't stop periods, and I'd still want that, so for now, I do the B/C pill thing.

Cindy

"I wonder about that, too, though. Are there any side effects to getting snipped? Does anyone know?"

My husband was snipped last November. He swears up and down that everything feels exactly the same for him. It's nice to no longer have to worry about birth control.

I'm skeptical about the FDA anymore. I think they're just as corrupt / bought and sold as everything else nowadays. That being said, I was on the pill for 20 years because all the other options were so much less appealing.

I wish there was another way to stop periods other than hormones or a hysterectomy. I had a major blood clot while I was on the pill, probably unrelated to pill usage, but nevertheless I am not allowed to take hormones. :-(

Has anyone heard of any other permanent way of stopping the monthly yuck???

Here's a website that might have some ideas:

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Wow! That floored me about how few periods women used to have. I HATE it. I wouldn't take the b/c pill just for that, but if there's some other way to just end it that would be insane. Thanks for the info. Do you still get the mood swings?
bassgrrrl, I'm with you about the FDA.

I've been on the pill with continuous dosing, for BC and to stop my monthly. I had an awful 2-week period (one of the side effects) and then, nothing. It's nice when you don't have to worry about it; I'm all for any method it takes to make 'em stop. I don't know of any non-hormonal methods, though.