I’m so glad to have found this video. It has saved me so much! My Dr just kept telling me that my options to stop my heavy irregular bleeding was birth control but once I accepted she just prescribed the med and didn’t even explain how to take it or how it works. Thank you so much!
I was prescribed leven ed and I am still confused. Do you bleed when you take the active pills??? I am going away in may this year and I want to delay stop my period. I am extremely depressed about this and my doctor is confusing me.
you are a god send ma'am. thank you so much I got put on the pill because i have abnormal bleeding patterns and when i started bleeding in the middle of the pack I got really worried and you literally helped me so much thank you!!
This helped me so much! All I knew was to start the coming Sunday once my cycle came but wasn’t sure to take the sugar pills or if to continue another pack right away. Also, mentioning the potential bleeding during pills even though the cycle had just past was very helpful to know! I would have thought something was wrong.
omg I was stressed about not having my period, cause I took them 100% correctly and I didn't know it was normal to not get a period or to get bleeding half way through which is exactly what happened to me! I feel so much better now, thank you!!!
This is very confusing, apparently you can start the pill anytime, why are they pushing what they prefer like start of your period, Sunday, Saturday. What about if you wanna start the moment you get the pill?
From my understanding: You can start the pills whenever you want. Immediately if you’d like (just remember that if you don’t start them on your period, wait 7 days to make sure you’re protected). The point of the pills is to simulate menstruation, where the sugar pills become your uterine shedding. Even though you CAN start whenever you please, some people like their weekends period-free and sync up their pills with a “sunday start” so then when they’re taking sugar pills, it’s during the weekday and not the weekend. Someone correct me if I’m wrong 😭!!!
I was so confused after watching so many videos because they never talked about this and I was most concerned about this. Thankyou this was soooo helpful
I've tried the pill (don't remember the brand) but I became EXTREMELY depressed. I also became prego + miscarriage at 4 weeks. So yeah. It wasn't a good first try AT ALL. I'm about to start a different brand this month. I'm excited and hoping for the best. To help with ovarian cysts and help with my cystic acne. Fingers crossed for me ladies!! I'm so apprehensive! Also! Thank you for this very informative way to take them! I feel more confident about taking them.
I have been diagnosed with endometriosis and pcos so ik your pain I really hope you find one that works well for you I suggest even talking to your doctor about a hormonal IUD
Nah I can relate. I started taking it bc of my period pains & to get rid of acne & after some months I started breaking out again even though my acne had gone away. I got on a heavier pill & now Im breaking out more but this is my first pack so I just have high hopes and trying to have patience with my own hormones. Hopefully my hormones even out veryy soon & I stop breaking out. One of the major symptoms I got from taking the pill (my before pack) was being SUPER moody & lowkey a little depressed. I also got water retention but stayed the same weight. I hope this new pill works for me loordd😭 I started bleeding out and at the verge of becoming anemic so I have to stay on the pill even if I dont want to 🫠
Hust started it today on day 4 of my cycle. Before i watched this video. I have no odea what that means. Just hopefully i skip my next periods for my honeymoon.
Thankyou so much this helped me a lot ! I just started my birth control and I felt with break through bleeding and I was nervous that it wasn't suppose to happen but now I realize my body has to get use to the hormonal changes !
Hi Loushayne. You can start taking the pill after you finish your menstrual cycle but make sure you are not pregnant (take a test) and just know that starting the pill now can result in irregular bleeding for the next few months. Taking your pills every day on time will give you 90% effective birth control. Other methods like the IUD are 99.8% effective and 'no hassle'! ~Dr. Lewis
Hi - Thanks for the feedback! I wish I put the Monday question on my video! There are two things you can do - Yes, wait for that next sunday...OR, just take two on Monday and keep going! ;) ~Dr. Lewis p.s. I really did go for 25 years (age 24-49) - I don't have kids.
I just got my pills today but I'm scare to take it cause I heard a lots of scary side effects about this pill like blood clots,liver tumor,depression,acnes,headaches,nausea, mood changes,chest pain
Shaira Khan not all pills are the same, and the serious side effects are rare UNLESS you have a family history of them. If it’s not working for you, just ask for another brand with another combination of ingredients more suited to you 😊
its a pill that is changing your entire hormonal cycle, there will be side effects everywhere. I'm way less moody on a pill but gain a ton of weight, its different for my friend who doesn't gain any weight but breaks out with acne all over.
Thank you so much... I am 52 years old... and the doctor put me on birth control because I bleed for six weeks straight... but did not tell how to take it....
Hello Dr what if a person got fibroid on uterus and never seen her period for about 1 months before taking the pill? Is she going to see her period after starting taking the pill and the sugar pills one?
Hi chokotora - thank you for the kind words....I usually tell people to wait at least a week. The pill's effectiveness is 90% or so (1 in 10 people still get pregnant.) If you want something even stronger, its an IUD (intrauterine device) or the implant in the arm (Nexplanon.) These are major more effective than the pill and you don't have to remember anything. Just FYI. I did a video on 'the best birth control'. I'm not the greatest in the video, but I hope I give good stats. thanks.
Im 16 and my parents are desperately trying to make me do it. Im so scared its like I dont have a choice. Im scared of what's going to happen and everything. Please someone give me advice, I dont know what to do !!
you do have a choice :) im sure your parents just want to make sure you're safe rather than ending up pregnant but if you're not comfortable with it then dont do it until you are. watch youtube videos and google more info about it, or even talk to a doctor without your parents being there. you gotta do whats best for you, good luck!
Hi all - I have been reluctant to answer questions on line as it is probably best to get answers from the person who gave you the prescription....but: 1. If you start the pill without waiting for your period, then you have a higher chance to bleed at odd times for a few months before you get on track with the pill pack. You need to take a pill each day no matter what comes out (or doesn't, if you are on your sugar pills and nothing comes out) and just start the next pack of pills. You will have birth control effects after a few weeks, but I didn't recommend this way to start the pill because of the bleeding issues. 2. Bleeding IS A SIGN OF PREGNANCY - so if you start bleeding at an odd time, you should check a few pregnancy tests in that month just to be sure. 3. If the dosage of the pill isn't right for you, then you probably will notice side effects like acne or breast tenderness that won't go away - talk to your doc/nurse and see what they think. 4. Lastly - remember, once you start the pill pack - stay on the pack cycle. Take a pill each day whether you bleed or not and give it a few months to 'settle in'. IF you keep changing the day you start a new pack, you will not only increase your chance to get pregnant, you will probably have strange bleeding for a longer time period. I hope I am explaining ok! Thanks for all the feedback. DR. L
Hi my doctor suggested me femilon to regularize my periods and to take it from 5th day of my periods. But I forgot to start taking. Now today is my 7th day can i start taking from today?
sustainacenter good day.. On my 13th day I lost my pack, then stopped taking 3 days. What I will do next? I will take the missed tablet & continue the remaining? It is the 21 tablets of dianne.. Thank u. Hoping for ur reply. God bless..
Hi!! I'm sorry this is to late, Abercrombie! Once you start a pack, stay on that schedule! Once you are on the pill, stay on the schedule no matter your bleeding schedule. If they do not coincide in a few months, call your doctor!
My period is not regular and my last period ended last Thursday. The instructions say start within 5 days of the last day of your last period. When should I start the pill? I got Sprintec, and it's a 28-day pack with a week of sugar pills.
Michelle Yor mom they do as long as you take them everyday. The sugar pills give you a false periods and it keeps you in a habit of taking the pill everyday
I have had the implant on for like 11months and for 11months I have been bleeding none stop, my doctor suggested I take the mini pill to help me with the bleeding. The first month it help but then on the second month it stopped working. I'm taking it everyday at the same time but I still keep bleeding. I don't know what to do.
Hello - sorry again for delays to respond. Giizel - yes, you start any day, so if your period starts on Monday, you start that day! It is in the video: around 1min 45 seconds. Also - for anyone who is not bleeding on the pill and has questions, see 4min 45 seconds. thanks, Dr. Lewis
@@jenniferjimenez778 so if your period started on the 2nd wednesday of the month you can use the labels and have your pack start with wednesday instead of sunday. or you can just wait until the sunday after your period ends to start taking them.
I started taking my pills everyday at 5am, I overslept one day and I didn't take my pill until 6:55am. Would I still be protected against pregnancy?? Help! They are combination pills by the way
how long was yours on? because it's been 3 weeks on mine. I was 4 months late before. doc said I had an iron deficiency so I'm on those red iron pills while on my flow, and it got really heavy and worse. is that normal?
i did a sunday start and woke up with a started period the next day. I started the pill so i could predict my period (i've had 6-94 day gaps, i never figured it out) and was worried i messed it up because i didn't understand the packaging
In the United States, you need a prescription from a doctor each year to get the birth control pill. You can check out our service at www.pandiahealth.com We charge $39 for the doctor's consult.
So I have to wait for my period to take it? That’s so stupid. I just finished my period and got the pills in the mail today, why should I have to wait another month to start taking them?
I’m so glad to have found this video. It has saved me so much! My Dr just kept telling me that my options to stop my heavy irregular bleeding was birth control but once I accepted she just prescribed the med and didn’t even explain how to take it or how it works. Thank you so much!
I am so so happy that so many of you got the info you needed! Thank you. And I will try to checkin again more often. Dr. L
This was so helpful! I just got my prescription yesterday and I totally had no idea how to use them
I was prescribed leven ed and I am still confused. Do you bleed when you take the active pills??? I am going away in may this year and I want to delay stop my period. I am extremely depressed about this and my doctor is confusing me.
you are a god send ma'am. thank you so much I got put on the pill because i have abnormal bleeding patterns and when i started bleeding in the middle of the pack I got really worried and you literally helped me so much thank you!!
SO HELPFUL THANK YOU! My doctor confused me so this answered all my questions!
IWill BeMe the info is on the package.
for oral health while on the pill:ua-cam.com/video/U4WTrzdvPEU/v-deo.html
This helped me so much! All I knew was to start the coming Sunday once my cycle came but wasn’t sure to take the sugar pills or if to continue another pack right away. Also, mentioning the potential bleeding during pills even though the cycle had just past was very helpful to know! I would have thought something was wrong.
If you have 7 sugar pills, would you take them all?
none of the millions of videos I watched helped me as much as this omg
omg I was stressed about not having my period, cause I took them 100% correctly and I didn't know it was normal to not get a period or to get bleeding half way through which is exactly what happened to me! I feel so much better now, thank you!!!
Can’t image UA-cam still got so many good and classic videos from 10+years that still stand out of fancy UA-camrs. These are truly guides!
The best video I've watched today. I wanted such an explanation. Thank you doctor🙏
This video does not get many views. But so far, for me, this is the best video explain on how to start the pill. Thank you.
This is very confusing, apparently you can start the pill anytime, why are they pushing what they prefer like start of your period, Sunday, Saturday. What about if you wanna start the moment you get the pill?
RIGHT PLS ANSWER RHUS
Soooooo confusing about a simple Q
From my understanding:
You can start the pills whenever you want. Immediately if you’d like (just remember that if you don’t start them on your period, wait 7 days to make sure you’re protected). The point of the pills is to simulate menstruation, where the sugar pills become your uterine shedding. Even though you CAN start whenever you please, some people like their weekends period-free and sync up their pills with a “sunday start” so then when they’re taking sugar pills, it’s during the weekday and not the weekend.
Someone correct me if I’m wrong 😭!!!
@@shcaroh3140what’s a sugar pill ?
Thank you so much! This helped so much! I just got diagnosed with PCOS and I feel pretty nervous about starting birth control!
I was so confused after watching so many videos because they never talked about this and I was most concerned about this. Thankyou this was soooo helpful
I've tried the pill (don't remember the brand) but I became EXTREMELY depressed. I also became prego + miscarriage at 4 weeks. So yeah. It wasn't a good first try AT ALL. I'm about to start a different brand this month. I'm excited and hoping for the best. To help with ovarian cysts and help with my cystic acne. Fingers crossed for me ladies!! I'm so apprehensive!
Also! Thank you for this very informative way to take them! I feel more confident about taking them.
I have been diagnosed with endometriosis and pcos so ik your pain I really hope you find one that works well for you I suggest even talking to your doctor about a hormonal IUD
Is it helping you with your acne ?
Nah I can relate. I started taking it bc of my period pains & to get rid of acne & after some months I started breaking out again even though my acne had gone away. I got on a heavier pill & now Im breaking out more but this is my first pack so I just have high hopes and trying to have patience with my own hormones. Hopefully my hormones even out veryy soon & I stop breaking out. One of the major symptoms I got from taking the pill (my before pack) was being SUPER moody & lowkey a little depressed. I also got water retention but stayed the same weight. I hope this new pill works for me loordd😭 I started bleeding out and at the verge of becoming anemic so I have to stay on the pill even if I dont want to 🫠
Honestly this was such a great explanatory video for me. Thank you!
Hust started it today on day 4 of my cycle. Before i watched this video. I have no odea what that means. Just hopefully i skip my next periods for my honeymoon.
Thankyou so much this helped me a lot ! I just started my birth control and I felt with break through bleeding and I was nervous that it wasn't suppose to happen but now I realize my body has to get use to the hormonal changes !
thanks's for making this it actually was kinda hard to find directions online
wow, Thank you very much! This was by far the most helpful! You did an excellent job, please post more helpful videos on stuff! Thank you! :)
I wish she was my doc 😂😂 she explains things very well
Thank you doctor... best video regarding the pill
You just answered all my questions! Awesome video!
Yeah I’m done confused af lmao 😂
Hi Loushayne. You can start taking the pill after you finish your menstrual cycle but make sure you are not pregnant (take a test) and just know that starting the pill now can result in irregular bleeding for the next few months. Taking your pills every day on time will give you 90% effective birth control. Other methods like the IUD are 99.8% effective and 'no hassle'! ~Dr. Lewis
Okay this is seriously the most helpful UA-cam video I think ive ever seen! I had no idea you could skip your period on the pill!
😂😂😂😂😂just take the pill guys I’m confused too just take a pill
Thank you I have autism and ADHD and I need visual to know how
Hi - Thanks for the feedback! I wish I put the Monday question on my video! There are two things you can do - Yes, wait for that next sunday...OR, just take two on Monday and keep going! ;)
~Dr. Lewis
p.s. I really did go for 25 years (age 24-49) - I don't have kids.
It’s my 5th day of period can I still start taking pills?
im still confused, Im gonna just take em 😂
The pill don't work I got pregnant on these.
Ada Escalante it’s not 100% effective against pregnancy b
@@skylarross5564 No birth control is I have got pregnant on the pill, depo shot, iud, and the implanon stick.
Purified Water Me too!
I just got my pills today but I'm scare to take it cause I heard a lots of scary side effects about this pill like blood clots,liver tumor,depression,acnes,headaches,nausea, mood changes,chest pain
Shaira Khan not all pills are the same, and the serious side effects are rare UNLESS you have a family history of them. If it’s not working for you, just ask for another brand with another combination of ingredients more suited to you 😊
its a pill that is changing your entire hormonal cycle, there will be side effects everywhere. I'm way less moody on a pill but gain a ton of weight, its different for my friend who doesn't gain any weight but breaks out with acne all over.
Shaira Khan I'm with ya lol 😬😭
This is an extremely helpful and informative video!
thanks for this!! couldn't understand what the pack was saying the visualization helped a lot
This was helpful doctors have the nerve to confuse patients
after taking the "dud" pills the week of my period and a few days into next line of pills, could i get pregnant?
Thank you so much... I am 52 years old... and the doctor put me on birth control because I bleed for six weeks straight... but did not tell how to take it....
dr. lewis , please do a video on missed pills, very confusing concept😕
My doctor told me if you forgot to to take one then the next day take two of the pills
The instructions for my pills say to begin in the red area on the first day of my menstrual cycle. I'm getting so many mixed messages
Go with what the pill instructions say. They are never wrong. @king Zeus_and_I
How is my gf supposed to swallow these things?! THey're huge!
Lol
It's small...like really small I promise u
Gagu hahahahahahs
I think it’s very sweet a man is looking into a video like this for their significant other!!!
@@virgoqueen9225 desmayamos ³es desmayamos 1uuudufydyeueuur7f8f8r78r8a
This was very helpful thanks !! Much easier to understand.
I'm so confused 😂
😂😂😂 ikr! I had an IUD for years..... the pill is like foreign lang to me
Dude!!!🤣🤣🤣
me too
Same 😔
Gurl facts
Starting my first month soon! Thank you for your information!!
Thank you for explaining this process.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO. EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR!!
Hello Dr what if a person got fibroid on uterus and never seen her period for about 1 months before taking the pill? Is she going to see her period after starting taking the pill and the sugar pills one?
Great video. I totally understood what you were explaining. I’m about to start Isibloom and I think I would prefer the Sunday method. Thank you!!
Brooke Lynn I’m starting it too!
THANK YOU! Glad it was helpful! good luck!
Hi chokotora - thank you for the kind words....I usually tell people to wait at least a week. The pill's effectiveness is 90% or so (1 in 10 people still get pregnant.) If you want something even stronger, its an IUD (intrauterine device) or the implant in the arm (Nexplanon.) These are major more effective than the pill and you don't have to remember anything. Just FYI. I did a video on 'the best birth control'. I'm not the greatest in the video, but I hope I give good stats. thanks.
Hi Doc, is it ok to take pills on Sunday August 22? I had my first day of period last August 9.
This was very helpful. Thankyou
Im 16 and my parents are desperately trying to make me do it. Im so scared its like I dont have a choice. Im scared of what's going to happen and everything. Please someone give me advice, I dont know what to do !!
you do have a choice :) im sure your parents just want to make sure you're safe rather than ending up pregnant but if you're not comfortable with it then dont do it until you are. watch youtube videos and google more info about it, or even talk to a doctor without your parents being there. you gotta do whats best for you, good luck!
Wow I got it. Very elaborate . Thank you!
This was very helpful! Thank you!
Hi all - I have been reluctant to answer questions on line as it is probably best to get answers from the person who gave you the prescription....but:
1. If you start the pill without waiting for your period, then you have a higher chance to bleed at odd times for a few months before you get on track with the pill pack. You need to take a pill each day no matter what comes out (or doesn't, if you are on your sugar pills and nothing comes out) and just start the next pack of pills. You will have birth control effects after a few weeks, but I didn't recommend this way to start the pill because of the bleeding issues.
2. Bleeding IS A SIGN OF PREGNANCY - so if you start bleeding at an odd time, you should check a few pregnancy tests in that month just to be sure.
3. If the dosage of the pill isn't right for you, then you probably will notice side effects like acne or breast tenderness that won't go away - talk to your doc/nurse and see what they think.
4. Lastly - remember, once you start the pill pack - stay on the pack cycle. Take a pill each day whether you bleed or not and give it a few months to 'settle in'. IF you keep changing the day you start a new pack, you will not only increase your chance to get pregnant, you will probably have strange bleeding for a longer time period.
I hope I am explaining ok! Thanks for all the feedback. DR. L
i started taking my pill on the 12th and had sex on the 14th,i finished taking 28 and no menstrual. am i pregnant?
Hi my doctor suggested me femilon to regularize my periods and to take it from 5th day of my periods. But I forgot to start taking. Now today is my 7th day can i start taking from today?
I thought taking pills is the last day of ur menstrual period
i am little bit confused, how did u say that bleeding at odd time is a sign of pregnancy doc?
sustainacenter good day.. On my 13th day I lost my pack, then stopped taking 3 days. What I will do next? I will take the missed tablet & continue the remaining? It is the 21 tablets of dianne.. Thank u. Hoping for ur reply. God bless..
Thank you! This was very helpful and clear ☺️👍🏼
Thank you so much
But what if am through with my period I wanted to use it
WOW, you are the best. Thank you so much!
Thanks for this video really helpful
Hi!! I'm sorry this is to late, Abercrombie! Once you start a pack, stay on that schedule! Once you are on the pill, stay on the schedule no matter your bleeding schedule. If they do not coincide in a few months, call your doctor!
My period is not regular and my last period ended last Thursday. The instructions say start within 5 days of the last day of your last period. When should I start the pill? I got Sprintec, and it's a 28-day pack with a week of sugar pills.
Thank you for this very informative video.❤️
What will happened if i had take the black dots in start?
I took the sugar pills first
Whats the name of the one with one week sugar pill?
WHAT THE POINT OF THE SUGAR PILLS, DO THEY NOT PROTECT
Michelle Yor mom they do as long as you take them everyday. The sugar pills give you a false periods and it keeps you in a habit of taking the pill everyday
WHAT IF I AM NOT BLEEDING AND I JUST BOUGHT THE PILL AND I WANT TO TAKE IT?
No pregnancy. No sex. Just acne control!!!
Thanks Doc! 🤗
I'm so luck to find this video. Thanks. More videos coming ?
I have had the implant on for like 11months and for 11months I have been bleeding none stop, my doctor suggested I take the mini pill to help me with the bleeding. The first month it help but then on the second month it stopped working. I'm taking it everyday at the same time but I still keep bleeding. I don't know what to do.
Hello - sorry again for delays to respond. Giizel - yes, you start any day, so if your period starts on Monday, you start that day! It is in the video: around 1min 45 seconds. Also - for anyone who is not bleeding on the pill and has questions, see 4min 45 seconds. thanks, Dr. Lewis
I started mine last month ,have finned them and no period can I continue taking another pack am scared
Have you ever heard of the 54321? To reset the cycle?
Have you ever heard of the 5 4 3 2 1 stop method to reset the cycle?
Very clear and helpful. Thank you!!
I follow what she said here start sunday, yes you can have menstruation on weekdays.
So what if i start the day after???
1st video that makes sense thank you 🙌🏽
i took that 28 pills cover . i started tablet on my 5th day of period... now im taking inactive pills .. when i will get periods..?
what are the side effects of using micro gynon birth control pills
So if i started on the 2nd Wednesday.. I take the pill on the same day where the pill lands on the 2nd Wednesday in the middle???
no start with the 1st wednesday
Frick dors anyone know what i can do?....my doctor didn't explain anything
@@jenniferjimenez778 so if your period started on the 2nd wednesday of the month you can use the labels and have your pack start with wednesday instead of sunday. or you can just wait until the sunday after your period ends to start taking them.
@@vee9111 ooooof thank you so much!!!!
Oohh I too wanna start , m new for pill my day is 3rd day of period, today is Wednesday , I should pick Tab wed , or Sunday tab I should pick ?
Ok so to take the second pack your start with which color?
What is the best time to drink pills?
These brown pills for what and what they doing?
I'm taking 21 pils it is a first time for me to use 21 pils my question is if I finish the pack how many days to wait to have
to have a period again I mean
thank you!
I started taking my pills everyday at 5am, I overslept one day and I didn't take my pill until 6:55am. Would I still be protected against pregnancy?? Help! They are combination pills by the way
As long as you take it within 3 hours of when you are supposed to you are good :) at least thats what i found out with research online
My period isn't too regular so I just started taking it on a non-bleeding day
Soooo helpful! Thank you so much!
So no matter what you start with the very first pill ?
hi where can i get the pill? do i need to have a prescription?
This helped me so much omg thank you.
Can I start taking pill even if my period haven't started yet? My period is irregular and want to take birth control.
Yes but you have to wait 7 days
thank you so much for this info!! this was so helped up and made me feel so much better about it !
Easy and vey good explained. Thanks
What are the side effects?
how long was yours on? because it's been 3 weeks on mine. I was 4 months late before. doc said I had an iron deficiency so I'm on those red iron pills while on my flow, and it got really heavy and worse. is that normal?
i did a sunday start and woke up with a started period the next day. I started the pill so i could predict my period (i've had 6-94 day gaps, i never figured it out) and was worried i messed it up because i didn't understand the packaging
is it ok to have unprotected sex during sugar pills week? or do i have to abstain?
Frannie D you are still protected during that week.
veve charles Walgreens. In the pharmacy section
F D so I should start with the yellow pill
In the United States, you need a prescription from a doctor each year to get the birth control pill. You can check out our service at www.pandiahealth.com We charge $39 for the doctor's consult.
You could use a condom to be sure
I had my period last week I just got my birth control today, when do I take it 😭?
My doctor say when u have ur next
THANK YOU I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE SUGAR PILLS.
My pill has different color and per row is 6 tabs and five tabs. I dont get it hahah
what if you don’t have sugar pills? do i just not take any pills until the next week? i’m still so confused. i only have 21 pills and no sugar pills
My doctor told me to start the Sunday after my period ends. I’m glad I saw this because I’m period came Wednesday and tomorrow is Saturday 😳
So I have to wait for my period to take it? That’s so stupid. I just finished my period and got the pills in the mail today, why should I have to wait another month to start taking them?
I'm planning to start taking pill because of my heavy period. :(
i still dont get it ,can u plz hlp me out?