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lurkette · 06-19-2004, 05:58 AM

I'm not sure what hormones are in the seasonale pill, but I'm on just plain old ortho cyclin, and have been doing this for a few years on the advice of my ob-gyn. I do worry occasionally about being preggers and not knowing it for 3-4 months, but frankly, I think I'd start to notice earlier than that, pill or no pill. There's some research that having more periods than was normal in pre-birth-control times (when most women were pregnant most of the time and had maybe 1 period/year) might be behind some increases in cancer rates, so decreasing periods is not unnatural at all, it's just balancing things back out again. I find that my periods are less painful than they used to be, and I sure don't mind waiting 3-4 months between them. Hoowah!

06-19-2004, 05:58 AM	#8 (permalink)
lurkette My future is coming on Moderator Emeritus Location: east of the sun and west of the moon	I'm not sure what hormones are in the seasonale pill, but I'm on just plain old ortho cyclin, and have been doing this for a few years on the advice of my ob-gyn. I do worry occasionally about being preggers and not knowing it for 3-4 months, but frankly, I think I'd start to notice earlier than that, pill or no pill. There's some research that having more periods than was normal in pre-birth-control times (when most women were pregnant most of the time and had maybe 1 period/year) might be behind some increases in cancer rates, so decreasing periods is not unnatural at all, it's just balancing things back out again. I find that my periods are less painful than they used to be, and I sure don't mind waiting 3-4 months between them. Hoowah! __________________ "If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France