Interesting, I didn't know about the small amount of hormone during the off-week--I never take my placebo pills because it seems silly, but I guess I should start.
I've taken it for maybe two years now? Before that I took Seasonique and skipped my period probably 2 out of 3 months, never had a problem. It can cause some breakthrough bleeding, but it never did in my case.
And it's completely correct that you don't need a period every month--in fact it's really only with the advent of modern contraception that that has happened, for most of human history due to pregnancy and nursing, women only occasionally got periods.
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-treating with diet and exercise
-mom to 5 furkids, Patrick the greyhound, Gretta and Samantha the rabbits, Sophie and Rosie the guinea pigs, and 4 guinea pigs waiting at the Bridge.
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