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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?
Hormonal intrauterine device (Mirena, Liletta, Kyleena, others)
An intrauterine device, also called an IUD, is a form of long-term birth control. After a healthcare professional puts the IUD into your uterus, it keeps releasing a type of progestin into your body. It can stay in place for up to six years. But you might need to replace it sooner to keep from having periods.
You can get hormonal IUDs in varying doses. Over time, all hormonal IUDs cut how often and how long your period is. But a higher dose IUD that has 52 mg of levonorgestrel seems to work better at stopping periods.
For instance, one year after getting a 52-mg-dose IUD, 20% of users report having no periods. After two years, 30% to 50% of users report having no periods.
