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Originally Posted by SweetCuteness I don't know where you got your information from, but having a period on birth control is not a synthetic period. You still release an egg, you still shed your uterus... it's a real period. I'm a Nursing student and have several friends who are OB/GYN's and med students.
Birth control itself increases your risk for cancer. Skipping periods increases the risk even further. Birth control pills such as Depo Provera or drugs of that nature which decrease (or eliminate) the amount of periods you have on an annual basis are very bad for you. Just because a drug is on the market does not, in any way, mean that it is safe. Yes it has passed through FDA, but they could still have long term side effects like cancer.
What you do is your choice, but I would never recommend skipping periods for "convenience."
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For whoever asked about Yasmin being the pill that causes you to only have your period every 3 months - it's not. It's just a different mix of hormones which decreases PMS symptoms like moodiness, cramps, and weight gain. But... everyone is different, each pill will work for some and not for others.
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Just because you experience b/t bleeding on hormones doesn't mean you released an egg. Not having enough level of Estrogen to maintain the uterus lining in the hormone your using, causes the tear in the lining of the uterus, hence bleeding begins. Depo provera is a progesterone injection that is received every 3 months, that is only progesterone. It supresses uterine lining growth. Oral contraceptives that are estrogen/prgesterone combo keeps uterine lining growth to a minimum and that is why periods become lighter and cramping should decrease with continued use. While it is somewhat controversial by opinion that not having periods monthly is "bad for you", there is less than a 1% incidence rate by a 10 year controlled study that it causes cancer when suppressed by an E2/progestin hormone combo. Its unopposed estrogen (used without a progestin) that is the enemy.
This information is not my opinion, its supported in the Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility book by Leon Speroff, Robert H. Glass and Nathan Kase.This was my nursing book 14 years ago and my area of passion and practice happen to be OB/GYN
