I just started my 3rd pack of YAZ, my dr
instructed me to skip the white pills, and
take only active pills for the first 3
months. The first month, my period lasted
for 10 days!! Now, I havent had a period
the second month, and I'm onto my third
pack. Has anyone ever heard of this? Its
supposed to be healthy for your body, and
your supposed to have a period every three
months. Please help??
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Tylanas
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Posted: 01-28-08 23:01pm
You're fine. Yes, it is perfectly healthy
to only get a period every three months.
Yes, it was normal that you spotted for 10
days. That wasn't a "period" because you
were on active pills, so it is called
spotting.
Of COURSE you didn't get a period the
second month! You never stopped taking the
active pills (right?) so you never had a
drop in hormones so you never had a
pill-period. Periods on the pill are
actually just "withdraw" bleeding, and not
an actual period caused by the ovulated
egg etc. Because you never had a placebo
week, there was no "withdraw" period from
the hormones and THUS, you didn't get any
bleeding!!
You will not (normally) get bleeding if
you constantly take active pills. That's
the point of doing it.
Now at the end of the third month, you
will take the placebo pills for their
duration - I'm not sure how many placebos
Yaz has. You may bleed during this time,
but you may not!! It's OK. You're still
safe.
