Birth control issue
Do you still get a withdrawal bleed after 2-5 days after taking a break from a continuous progesterone only pill.
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Do you still get a withdrawal bleed after 2-5 days after taking a break from a continuous progesterone only pill.
Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Fertility & Reproductive Health Support Group.
Hi,
According the first article linked below, withdrawal bleeding usually begins two to three days after you stop taking hormones and can last four to six days. Do note that withdrawal bleeding is not necessary from a health perspective. The article goes on to say, “[T]here is no medical reason for withdrawal bleeding. It was a choice of the designers of oral contraceptives in order to mimic a woman's natural menstrual cycle.”
Like the first article suggests, please talk with your healthcare provider to ensure if you later decide to skip withdrawal bleeding to do so in a way that is healthy and won't make your birth control less effective at preventing pregnancy.
I hope this information and the 3 articles below are helpful.
Withdrawal Bleeding From Birth Control
https://www.verywellhealth.com/withdrawal-bleeding-906612
Minipill (progestin-only birth control pill)
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/minipill/about/pac-20388306
Here’s the real story behind the ‘Pope rule’ and the contraceptive pill gap (note: not medically reviewed)
https://www.dazeddigital.com/science-tech/article/43084/1/heres-the-real-story-behind-the-pope-rule-and-the-contraceptive-pill-gap