if you take the pill without stopping for your period, can this cause you to be fertile?
410503
no some researchers even suspect it is healthier for a woman not to have her monthly cycle. might supress cervical cancer. Most of the time your ob/gyn will do this incase you have heavy/painful menstrual cycles or endometriosis (uterine tissure growing outside your uterus) There is no problem with taking the pill this way (of course with your MD ok) as long as you dont smoke.
324461
I believe you can always get pregnant at any time, even during your period because the sperm can survive for a while and various other reasons.  It's unlikely, but there's a very small chance.  Even birth control is not 100% sure.
838032
As long as you know that you will be safe (from STD's) then you shouldn't go without other protection.  However if you do know that you are safe then you should wait a full month before you stop using other protection.  My doctor told me that there is always a chance in that first month of taking the pill that you can get pregnant.  Your body has to get used to it and it will take a full cycle for that to happen.  \n\nGood Luck To You :)
409558
When I started taking the pill, I ws hormonally balanced.  My hormones were fine while i was on the pill, but once I got off of it, that is when the troubles started.  My period became unpredictable and I spotted often.  I was irritable and I cried often.  I also have not been able to get pregnant for the past 6 months and my gynocologist said that it takes anywhere from 6 months to a year to concieve after stopping the pill.
161335
It worked for me.  A few days before I got married I started taking the pill and delayed my cycle.  Once I got home after my honeymoon, I stopped taking the pill and my cycle came in a few days.  Just make sure you take the pills with the active ingredients, not the ones you're supposed to take during the week of your cycle.
710805
It shouldn't, any more than oral contraceptives do.  It contains roughly the same ingrediants.  So usually about a month or so after you've discontuned use, you can start trying to conceive and there shouldn't be any residual effects from the Nuvaring.
779816
Lots of women skip periods this way -- most of my friends have done it when they've first gotten married so they have seven uninterrupted weeks after the wedding!!  \n\nAs to your other questions -- Sometimes.  No.  Yes.  Sometimes (theoretically, how you act on birth control is how you'll be while pregnant).
1171913
Unless you are already on the pill, there is no way to prevent your period from happening.
32457
Birth control includes abstinence, withdrawal(though it is not that safe),birth control pills, injectables, condom (for him), diapraghm. You can also try the rhythm method or simply knowing your wet and dry periods yet you can still have sex without worry. All you have to do is count 10 (ten) days since you had your period for this month. On the first day of your period up to the tenth day (incuding your last day of your menstruation) IT IS SAFE. After that ten days until your next menstruation, it is your fertile or your wet period. =)
506349
Yes, it's totally true because contraceptive pills do affect the timing of the menstrual cycle "period." So nothing to worry about but don't stick to the six months period because it might become better in 1 month or in a year. Not particularly 6 months.
283671
yes, they can put you on a low-dose pill to regulate your period, reduce period pain and make life a lot easier on you.  They can also put you on a pill that means you don't get your period unless you want to get it... and I read recently that this is actually better for you. \n\nThe human woman was only mean to have about 10 periods in her lifetime, starting having children when they were 'ripe' then continuing to have children throughout their life until menopause/death.  See the attached web page for a report on what I'm trying to talk about!!\n\nYes, go on the pill.  I've been on it since I was 14 due to similar problems and would not go back.
969449
As long as you take you medication at the same time everyday you will be ok but just remember birth control is only 99.9% accurate, which means there is still that slight chance of getting pregnant. I've been on the pill for almost a month now an ive had sexual intercourse and ive been fine.
605733
If you start the pill at the beginning of your cycle (the first day of your period), you're protected immediately.  If you start at any other time, then it is possible that you could have ovulated before you started the pill.  Generally it is advised to use some other form of protection for a week after starting the pill at a time other than at the beginning of your cycle.  However, I would suggest using backup contraception until the beginning of your first menstrual period after starting the pill.  That way even if you did ovulate before you started taking the pill, you wouldn't get pregnant from it.  Anytime you are worried about how effective the pill might be, use a backup method such as a condom.  Also, until you are absolutely certain that you and your partner both do not have any STD's, use a condom--the pill doesn't protect you from STD's at all.
28335
Once your period has started, I don't think there is a way of stopping it. If you are already on the pill, depending on the pill, and you don't wish to have your period, you just continue taking the pill, instead of stopping for a week or taking the placebos during that pauze. Your period will only appear after stopping or taking the placebos. It is not recommendable to continue taking the pill for a large amount of time.
431935
You might be better doing a pregnancy test, you can still get pregnant if you have sex without protection during your period !
726871
Thats not how most birth control works. The most widely used birth control uses hormones to trick a womans body into thinking it is already pregnant. Thus it prevents ovulation. Because the body does not ovulate during pregnancy. So the answer is most definately no. no way
653895
Yes, the pill regulates your hormones. Now that you are off of them your hormones are freaking out and trying to regulate themselves. Don't worry, it'll pass.