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Delaying your period with hormonal birth control
Are any birth control pills specifically designed to lengthen the time between periods?
Can you delay your period with traditional birth control pills?
Is it better to delay your period with 28-day birth control pills or with continuous or extended-cycle pills?
What are the benefits of delaying your period?
Is it safe for all women to delay menstruation?
What are the drawbacks to delaying your period?
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How does it work?
What is the difference between continuous-use and extended-use birth control?
Which types of hormonal birth control can be used to delay periods?
Birth control pills
Vaginal ring (NuvaRing)
Birth control patch
Hormonal intrauterine device (Mirena, Liletta, Kyleena, others)
DMPA injection (Depo-Provera)
What are the pros of delaying your period?
Is it safe for everyone to delay menstruation?
What are the cons of delaying your period?
What can be done about breakthrough bleeding?
Can you delay your period with traditional birth control pills?
Is it better to delay your period with 28-day birth control pills or with continuous or extended-cycle pills?
What are the benefits of delaying your period?
Is it safe for all women to delay menstruation?
What are the drawbacks to delaying your period?
Content
How does it work?
What is the difference between continuous-use and extended-use birth control?
Which types of hormonal birth control can be used to delay periods?
Birth control pills
Vaginal ring (NuvaRing)
Birth control patch
Hormonal intrauterine device (Mirena, Liletta, Kyleena, others)
DMPA injection (Depo-Provera)
What are the pros of delaying your period?
Is it safe for everyone to delay menstruation?
What are the cons of delaying your period?
What can be done about breakthrough bleeding?
DMPA injection (Depo-Provera)
Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, also called Depo-Provera, is a type of progestin that you get as a shot, called an injection, every 90 days. It is a form of long-term birth control that also lessens or gets rid of monthly bleeding. After one year of DMPA injections, 50% to 75% of users report having no periods. The longer you use DMPA, the more likely it is to stop your periods.
