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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?
Vaginal ring (NuvaRing)
Like estrogen-progestin birth control pills, you can delay or prevent your period with extended or continuous use of the birth control vaginal ring. You change the ring once monthly without a ring-free interval. To minimize bleeding or spotting, some people remove the ring for one week every three months to have a withdrawal bleed.
