S/o tween and teen pads, tampons - anyone have dd on pill to avoid periods?

[Anonymous]

DD did this when she was a competitive gymnast and it was very common amongst her teammates as well. Her doctor, as well as the OB/GYN I took her to, were fine with it. The OB/GYN said that the old school thinking of needing to have a period to maintain healthy fertility was wrong and gave me some information on that aspect. She said there was zero reason to have a period until you're actively trying to get pregnant.

DD's period came back once she stopped the nonstop bc pills when she quit gymnastics. She's now off to college in a few weeks and has an appointment to get an IUD next week.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I never took BC pills because they made me sick each time my OB.GYN tried to put me on it. I always heard that BC pills resulted in infertility + I did not want to mess with hormones if I can.

But it seems I may have thought wrong. According to this article, long term BC pills do not impact with fertility.

https://naturalwomanhood.org/pill-cause-infertility-yes-no/

But they can impact your libido, in such a way as to make them redundant.

+1. Give your dsughter’s libido a chance!

You want a 13 yo to have a libido? Wtf

Yes. I want her to learn what she needs to learn about things like that at the appropriate age, while in my house, with adults present to guide her to full womanhood.

Did you see Garden State? The whole tragedy was that dad tried to protect his kid from grief through numbing him with librium. As a result, he was a stunted human being.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never took BC pills because they made me sick each time my OB.GYN tried to put me on it. I always heard that BC pills resulted in infertility + I did not want to mess with hormones if I can.

But it seems I may have thought wrong. According to this article, long term BC pills do not impact with fertility.

https://naturalwomanhood.org/pill-cause-infertility-yes-no/

But they can impact your libido, in such a way as to make them redundant.

+1. Give your dsughter’s libido a chance!

I guess I've been lucky because I've never had BCP affect my libido, and I've been on them fairly steadily for the past 22 years.

Yes, you were. My then boyfriend and I joked about the irony of becoming infertile with no desire for sex. Fortunately for me, he and I had good communication skills so when the physical relationship faded (I only cared because I cared about him -- libido is tricky), we regrouped and made the chemical change I needed, took a vacay and solved it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reaserch on periods and cancer.

Our bodies were not made to have periods every 28 days.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2001234/

Well, seeing that our bodies were actually made to have periods every 28 days your statement is completely wrong.

You had your period while pregnant?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glamour...of all things...did a great article about how often we should be having periods. Due to the fact that people breastfed for much longer, had many more pregnancies - especially ones that didn't end well plus increase child mortality - that people used to not have nearly so many periods. Therefore, it was beneficial for your health NOT to have so many. When I was still in that stage of life - I had 3 or 4 a year.

Use of the pill has been shown to decrease the chances of uterine, ovarian and other types of cancer. The only one it increases is breast if you smoke or have other high risk factors.

I think that is an incorrect perspective.

It is better for your body to have babies and breastfeed. A woman's body/reproductive is made by nature to get pregnant and nurse. a consequence of having babies and nursing is fewer periods, but the benefit to the body is from using it the way nature intended (birthing and nursing)

Not having periods due to unnatural chemical birth control is not the same and does not have the same benefits. In fact, chemical birth control harms the natural cycles of the body.[/quote]

DP
Citation of evidence? Or is this opinion?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Glamour...of all things...did a great article about how often we should be having periods. Due to the fact that people breastfed for much longer, had many more pregnancies - especially ones that didn't end well plus increase child mortality - that people used to not have nearly so many periods. Therefore, it was beneficial for your health NOT to have so many. When I was still in that stage of life - I had 3 or 4 a year.

Use of the pill has been shown to decrease the chances of uterine, ovarian and other types of cancer. The only one it increases is breast if you smoke or have other high risk factors.

I think that is an incorrect perspective.

It is better for your body to have babies and breastfeed. A woman's body/reproductive is made by nature to get pregnant and nurse. a consequence of having babies and nursing is fewer periods, but the benefit to the body is from using it the way nature intended (birthing and nursing)

Not having periods due to unnatural chemical birth control is not the same and does not have the same benefits. In fact, chemical birth control harms the natural cycles of the body.

DP
Citation of evidence? Or is this opinion?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reaserch on periods and cancer.

Our bodies were not made to have periods every 28 days.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2001234/

Well, seeing that our bodies were actually made to have periods every 28 days your statement is completely wrong.

You had your period while pregnant?

For those who are not considered at higher risk for blood clots, the pill actually conveys health benefits, such as preventing ovarian and breast cysts, endometrial and ovarian cancer, iron deficiency.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t make that choice for my DDs - I had bad mood swings on the pill and had a hard time getting pregnant when I stopped it - but if my DD spoke to her doctor and came to that decision I’d try to be supportive.

[Anonymous]

Just go with an IUD. Not sure what the age limit is on them, but eliminates risk of forgetting pills which teenagers are apt to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have always hated having periods. As soon as I started on the pill I rarely took the inactive pills so I rarely had my period. If I wasn't doing anything in winter then I would get period. As an adult after pregnancies, breastfeeding, and the Mirena IUD I haven't had a period in 10 years. I plan never to have one again if I can help it.

My dd is 7 but I plan to put her in pill as soon as she gets her period so she will never have her period during camp, if she is on swim team, still in elementary school, etc. No discussion or agonizing about pads vs. tampons. Getting your a period is such a pain and it isn't needed. I can't possibly be the only mom who thinks like this, yet I rarely hear anyone do this.

OP, you want to medicate your daughter to solve a problem that she might not even have. That's not a good idea.

[Anonymous]

The long term effects of suppressing periods has not be adequately enough studied for me to start fooling around with my daughter.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/23/478562615/do-women-need-periods

[Anonymous]

I can't believe no one has mentioned breakthrough bleeding yet! I tried to go on continuous BC but the bleeding on/off for months was much worse than having periods. I'd never inflict that on my kid unless medically warranted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have always hated having periods. As soon as I started on the pill I rarely took the inactive pills so I rarely had my period. If I wasn't doing anything in winter then I would get period. As an adult after pregnancies, breastfeeding, and the Mirena IUD I haven't had a period in 10 years. I plan never to have one again if I can help it.

My dd is 7 but I plan to put her in pill as soon as she gets her period so she will never have her period during camp, if she is on swim team, still in elementary school, etc. No discussion or agonizing about pads vs. tampons. Getting your a period is such a pain and it isn't needed. I can't possibly be the only mom who thinks like this, yet I rarely hear anyone do this.

OP, you want to medicate your daughter to solve a problem that she might not even have. That's not a good idea.

This is the only reasonable objection I've read on this thread. So much incorrect medical advice!

This poster is right, OP. You could talk to your daughter about options, and tell her you're there if she wants to consider something different, but I wouldn't impose this on her because it's the best solution for you.

-- someone who took bc continuously for 8 years b/c I didn't want a period. (I was just fine; had 4 children; got pregnant the first time as soon as I stopped taking them).

[Anonymous]

Pill causes depression in a lot of women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reaserch on periods and cancer.

Our bodies were not made to have periods every 28 days.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2001234/

Well, seeing that our bodies were actually made to have periods every 28 days your statement is completely wrong.

Ignore the PP.

He's obviously a (creepy) man who doesn't have first hand experience with periods, BC, or the like. He was in the other thread about the OP considering having her teen wear a pad to the pool and he contributed nothing but nonsense.