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Originally Posted by aeroSOUL
Doctors don't recommend "playing" with your pills...
i WAS taking the pill, but now im pregnant...
all doctors will tell you to take the pill as directed, anything other than that is abuse of the drug, even if it is birth control.
you CAN really screw up your ...umm..."system" down there. it dosen't know that you're "only skipping the sugar pills"
personally, i dont toy with my body.
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It's not "toying" with your body and certainly not "abuse" when your doctor gives you the ok to do so. I had done this twice on a monophasic pill with my doctor's consent (it's actually a pretty common thing to do and perfectly safe...NOT EVERY MONTH, obviously) and it worked perfectly. When I switched to a tri-phase pill, I was unaware it would not work the same and, well, it didn't...lol.
Like someone else said, there are several types of pills containing the same hormone and which work the same way, MINUS the sugar pills. So you get your period 4 times a year.
I've been on the pill 8 years and have never been pregnant. I feel safe to say that I'm quite educated about them and I do know quite a bit about how they work to say the least...lol.
But Jello 89, My biggest piece of advice, no matter what you decide is to ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS take it at the EXACT same time each night. A few hours of difference can cause them to be less effective = pregnant = big ooops.
We're just giving our suggestions and sharing personal experiences. Before you make a decision about your medication,
call your doctor's office.