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I started taking Ainterol PM 5 days ago when my period started and I've been fine on it so far. I bought some progesterone cream also bc I read about how everyone cycles the two to keep them balanced. What if I don't need the cream to stay balanced, is it still a bad idea to take the PM all month? Will it keep me from starting my period next month? Thanks.
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(26-02-2014, 01:25)toosmall3 Wrote: I started taking Ainterol PM 5 days ago when my period started and I've been fine on it so far. I bought some progesterone cream also bc I read about how everyone cycles the two to keep them balanced. What if I don't need the cream to stay balanced, is it still a bad idea to take the PM all month? Will it keep me from starting my period next month? Thanks.
For bio-females , yes . Otherwise you throw your hormones all over the place , and will also effect your periods . Please take time to read info on the forum . I am sure ladies will answer that question better.
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I didn't cycle I was on depo prover a birth control that stops periods most women don't take pm all month because it messes with periods but it is possible to take a lower dose all month.
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I don't use any kind of birth control. So to avoid not getting a period, can I take the Pm for the first 3 weeks and then do the cream for the last week before I'm supposed to start my period again? Is it worth a shot? Or is it ok to use pm and cream on the same days? Like what if on the last week I just take the morning Pm and then us the cream at night? Or is mixing the two a no no? Thanks everybody for all the info, I really appreciate it.
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What info have you read on postmenopausal women cycling? I'm postmenopausal & take PM all the time.
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Sorry, let me clarify. I'm not post menopausal. I'm 25 but don't use any bc because my husband got a vasectomy after our 2nd baby. It wouldn't bother me to not have a period but as far as I know, it wouldn't be good health wise. So my goal is to take PM for as many days a month as I can without skipping periods.
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(26-02-2014, 15:49)toosmall3 Wrote: Sorry, let me clarify. I'm not post menopausal. I'm 25 but don't use any bc because my husband got a vasectomy after our 2nd baby. It wouldn't bother me to not have a period but as far as I know, it wouldn't be good health wise. So my goal is to take PM for as many days a month as I can without skipping periods.
You don't need your period if you aren't trying to get pregnant. It's just to prepare your body for a baby pretty much. It's why they make birth control meant to stop your body from having your period, you don't need it. It's not bad for you to not have your period. But if you want your period you need to still do the half cycle so you don't mess up the hormones that will allow you to get your period on time.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/06/per...struation/
http://www.arhp.org/publications-and-res...uppression
http://jezebel.com/5928316/a-brief-histo...to-have-it
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(26-02-2014, 21:25)KardashianKurves Wrote: (26-02-2014, 15:49)toosmall3 Wrote: Sorry, let me clarify. I'm not post menopausal. I'm 25 but don't use any bc because my husband got a vasectomy after our 2nd baby. It wouldn't bother me to not have a period but as far as I know, it wouldn't be good health wise. So my goal is to take PM for as many days a month as I can without skipping periods.
You don't need your period if you aren't trying to get pregnant. It's just to prepare your body for a baby pretty much. It's why they make birth control meant to stop your body from having your period, you don't need it. It's not bad for you to not have your period. But if you want your period you need to still do the half cycle so you don't mess up the hormones that will allow you to get your period on time.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/06/per...struation/
http://www.arhp.org/publications-and-res...uppression
http://jezebel.com/5928316/a-brief-histo...to-have-it
I do wonder if this is fact. I'm curious what people's opinions are on this. We all should know by now that Western medicine/doctors does not equate to truth more often than not.
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Well, if you're not planning on getting pregnant, you don't need to be ovulating. There's some research, I think, that suggests that not ovulating will reduce your chances of ovarian cancer.
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(26-02-2014, 22:20)Jenniferlove Wrote: (26-02-2014, 21:25)KardashianKurves Wrote: (26-02-2014, 15:49)toosmall3 Wrote: Sorry, let me clarify. I'm not post menopausal. I'm 25 but don't use any bc because my husband got a vasectomy after our 2nd baby. It wouldn't bother me to not have a period but as far as I know, it wouldn't be good health wise. So my goal is to take PM for as many days a month as I can without skipping periods.
You don't need your period if you aren't trying to get pregnant. It's just to prepare your body for a baby pretty much. It's why they make birth control meant to stop your body from having your period, you don't need it. It's not bad for you to not have your period. But if you want your period you need to still do the half cycle so you don't mess up the hormones that will allow you to get your period on time.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/06/per...struation/
http://www.arhp.org/publications-and-res...uppression
http://jezebel.com/5928316/a-brief-histo...to-have-it
I do wonder if this is fact. I'm curious what people's opinions are on this. We all should know by now that Western medicine/doctors does not equate to truth more often than not.
Our ancestors didn't get their periods like we do. Research suggests that we weren't even supposed to have our periods as much as we do. There should be a link to the time article in one of those other links I gave. I gave links to pretty much compiled data on all of the research done on women and ovulation or lack thereof. And if you need any more solid proof of the fact it's not bad to not ovulate every month to be completely healthy and "normal" there are women who literally don't get the period for years at a time without any underlying cause like PCOS, or endometriosis. My dads girlfriend for example gets her period about every 3 or so years and she had no problem conceiving and she's never had any other sort of problems with her reproductive system. There's really not anything different about her body according to all the tests compared to my younger cousins body who gets her period regularly and without issue, so why should we have to ovulate to be healthy if she doesn't and her body is literally no different in any testable way than ours? Not trying to be outright rude although I kind of feel like I'm being mean with the way I'm wording it, I just don't know how else to word it.
