Hey Nurse Nettie! Is the pill still safe?
Recent articles like this one from the SBS discuss how people have been taking the pill ‘wrong’ for the last 60 years. According to the article, it’s not necessary to be taking a 7-day break each month, of course, this is still put to individual discretion when taking the pill.
“But many women express concern that not bleeding every month may be harmful to their health or fertility. Beliefs that menstrual blood “builds up inside” if bleeding does not occur or that the body needs to “cleanse” itself every month are common. This may be due to a misunderstanding about why bleeding does not occur with some hormonal contraception.”
I was totally under this assumption as well!! But according to these new studies/articles, it’s not necessary? Which I guess makes sense since on some methods like the IUD you can not bleed at all.
Is this new information true? Is the pill still safe? Can the sugar pills be ignored completely?