@gianamj: If you take a combined birth control pill, the bleeding you experience during the placebo or “sugar pill” week is not actually a true menstrual period, it’s withdrawal bleeding. Let’s talk about the difference, why placebo pills exist, and why that monthly bleed isn’t medically necessary. #fyp #fypシ #birthcontrol #femalehealth
but when i skip the placebo week i start bleeding anyway
2026-08-25 20:44:05
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wubsduh :
We need better sex education because I legit thought this a was common sense
2026-08-25 15:05:44
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kali karlin :
My question is why is my bleeding as thick and clotting as my period and more painful than my period was. 😭
2026-08-25 12:30:14
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Lotusbug132 :
What about if someone has an IUD?
2026-09-04 19:21:18
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ugh :
i thought this was common sense but i guess i just had a gynaecologist who actually talked to me
2026-08-25 06:42:08
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elena :
I’m on the pill and if I don’t have my “period” every month I feel like my hormones go crazy.
2026-08-25 05:37:23
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JamieCatharina.x :
For me it’s already wild that there are sugar pills in the pack? In the Netherlands you get a strip for 21 days, then you take nothing for 7 days and then you start the new strip. Why take sugar pills for 7 days??
2026-08-25 12:10:15
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jesenia_roxana :
If that’s the case why do I get my PMS a week before I start my placebo pills 👀
2026-08-25 05:52:29
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brxt_bxnny :
Man I knew it was a fake period but damn could fool me because the cramps I had last week put me in bed with my knees to my chest 🤣🤣
2026-08-26 13:44:26
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sophia :
i saw someone saying that the placebo week mimics miscarriage to fear monger, and so many girls in the comments were believing that BS! there is a lot of things to complain about birth control, but spreading this whole BC is horrible propaganda under this administration is so harmful tbh. it’s the only thing that has helped my pmdd and endometriosis
2026-08-26 00:10:58
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Rin :
I dont think my uterus got the "thinner lining" memo
2026-08-26 07:19:17
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random user :
Is it normal to experience pain during this bleeding cycle?
2026-08-25 06:47:20
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✨Tash✨ :
What is happening when there is breakthrough bleeding?
2026-08-25 04:50:34
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Emmi :
Wait so it’s not an actual period? I’m con
2026-09-03 02:48:40
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ab.bi.ga.il.rw.2.0 :
This is what I've been telling people for years. But the insurance company will not let my dr prescribe my bc continuously. Like, me and the dr both know that bleeding is unnecessary, why is the insurance company involved at all? And why do other women make me feel crazy when I share this information?
2026-08-25 15:51:27
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❓Issy❓ :
Then why do we have breakthrough bleeding? Genuine question
2026-08-25 06:27:55
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guavajuice404 :
i have endometriosis and while my symptoms have gotten better when im taking the hormonal pills, when i have to go through the withdrawal bleeding it still hurts like hell
2026-08-25 14:41:57
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hillorybanks :
Could you make a video about it ovarian cysts/ruptures. I feel ignored
2026-08-25 05:28:16
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Fern | 🌿 :
so why don't we just take the hormones pills all the time if we want a constant thinning of the lining and don't want a "period" would be just bleed more irregularly is that the reason? it's not needed but is preferred?
2026-08-25 10:47:04
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dawnie :
when I mentioned to a friend of mine that I use bc continuously to not have a period, she says she prefers to have it so that she knows she's not pregnant, if this isn't actually a period, can it still be used to know whether or not you're pregnant?
2026-08-25 19:40:34
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bean 🎀💖 :
I hope this isn’t a dumb question, but I’m new to taking birth control pills. I genuinely don’t understand how am I still protected from pregnancy during the placebo week of the pill?
2026-08-26 00:11:43
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mikala :
are u still protected while taking the sugar pills?
2026-08-25 07:55:53
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soap :
can withdrawal bleeding still be used as a sign that you are not pregnant? or is that not the same as "yay i got my period, im not pregnant"
2026-08-25 19:45:19
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Nikki📚🐈⬛ :
I literally cannot explain withdrawl bleeding without being looked at crazy. You can also still bleed while pregnant during that first cycle
2026-08-27 05:31:47
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