My little rant?!
Question: ok this is soooo confusing for me so please help as much as you can. i'm am using the contraceptive pill and haven't had any problems so far but what i dont understand is
if the pill stops you ovulating, why do so many women get pregnant when they miss just one?
what are these "fake" periods, people have said they're NOT fake but it says on my pill packet that they are
and why do women on the pill get fake periods?
i mean what is the need in unnessacary blood?
AND if these periods are fake then we wouldnt miss them if we fell pregnant
or would we? how does this work? am i way off the mark?
help! lol
Answers: ok this is soooo confusing for me so please help as much as you can. i'm am using the contraceptive pill and haven't had any problems so far but what i dont understand is
if the pill stops you ovulating, why do so many women get pregnant when they miss just one?
what are these "fake" periods, people have said they're NOT fake but it says on my pill packet that they are
and why do women on the pill get fake periods?
i mean what is the need in unnessacary blood?
AND if these periods are fake then we wouldnt miss them if we fell pregnant
or would we? how does this work? am i way off the mark?
help! lol
As it has been said before contraceptive pills today are very low dose hormones, so missing doses (or in some cases not taking it at the same time everyday) can tip the balance on whether there will be ovulation or not. When they first came out they were in much higher doses.
as for having periods, you have to know what a "period" is.
as part of the ovulation cycle the endometrial lining (lining of the uterus) builds up, waiting for the possibility of a fertilized egg to implant. if that doesn't happen after a certain time, the lining is shed off and passes (this is what you see coming out during a period) There is a well timed hormonal cycle keeps everything happening in the ovary and the uterus in sync.
Contraceptive hormones fool the ovary into thinking there is an ongoing pregnancy in the body so it does not ovulate. When you come to the part of the schadule which lets you have a period you are withholding those hormones, (which have also been supporting the lining of the uterus) and it leads to a period.
so they are "fake" in that they are not related to ovulation, but basically the same thing that happens.
Be happy to explain more if i was not clear.
Because the pills are low dose, if you miss one pill it might make the difference in suppressing ovulation or not. By fake periods - do you mean spotting? Just a little bleeding in between periods, especially if you miss a pill is also because of low dose hormones - if you don't have the right balance of hormones your body is going to react accordingly. There is lots of information on websites like WebMD to answer all your questions. There is probably also a website listed in with your pills that could explain everything.
The period that you refer to is just a withdrawal bleed - it's the body's response to having the hormones stopped for a few days. It's not a proper period in the conventional sense.
The woman must take the pill each day as prescribed or there is a chance that, if she misses one, her body will produce an egg which could then lead to pregnancy.
There is no particular need to have a bleed whilst on the pill, it just seems to be the way the manufacturers work things.
if u miss a pill take 2 next day if u missed 2 pills than use other mathead of contraception, one missed pill lead can to pregnancy bcoz these pill r hormons and if once hormon level is change than ovulation can occur, this fake periods called inter mansuration bleeding it found in first some months & d/t hormonal changs in body,