Getting rid of periods once and for all

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There's a special pill you can take. It says on the box "4 periods a year" but really, when you take it you don't have to have any at all.

Here is one brand of the 4x per year

http://www.seasonale.com/

From what I knew the pill sort of regulates them. Or am I wrong.

One thing I do know is that severe anxiety effects them and makes them irregular. Get an anxiety disorder! (Joking).

Don't fool yourselves - if you're on the pill you are NOT having a period. It's a bleed so it doesn't build up too much. NOT a period. Periods are the body getting rid of the womb lining and egg if it's not been fertilised, ready to try again next time. The bleed you get on the pill is caused by a temporary lack of the synthetic hormones you're feeding yourself.

And for those of you talking about not having one at all, you might want to make sure you haven't got the reasonably common hereditary disorder haemachromatosis, which causes the body to build up too much iron in the blood. Generally women don't suffer the effects as badly as men because of our monthly periods, so for those who have it - and most who have it don't know about it - stopping that monthly bleeding can have major consequences for your health. The condition can and does kill.

Condoms ARE as safe as the pill if used properly.

Condoms - 98% effective, more so if used with spermicide or used at a time other than ovulation (i.e. roughly the week before or after the period).

Contraceptive pill - 98% effective.

If condoms don't appeal, get a non-hormonal copper coil, which are virtually infallible.

I have a Mirena IUD. It hasn't stopped my periods completely, but it has made them so light that they only last two or three days rather than an entire week. Plus, it's more effective birth control than condoms or the pill. Insertion isn't much fun, but I had a caring, understanding doctor who did everything in her power to put me at ease during the procedure; she knew I had AS and she knew enough about it to be able to help me. She was also very sympathetic to my desire never to have children. Doctors like her are out there, ladies!

Exactly why I won't get a coil myself.

Can I ask why he can't use condoms? Medical reason, or just doesn't like the smell/feel/allergic to latex (there are other options...). You could always look into a diaphragm [used with spermicide] - they usually refuse to give them to anyone who hasn't had a child yet, but if you explain your reasons you can usually get one anyway, I know several friends who use them without any problems.

Perhaps, I just don't think the benefits ever outweigh the risks. That said, if there really genuinely is no other option then perhaps... I wouldn't recommend an abortion to anyone, they're bloody awful.

Try Depo-Provera, if you don't mind shots. It's a birth control method administered 4x per year by a gynecologist. It's not usually too expensive and doesn't have more risks than other forms of birth control. I know someone who has been on it for more than a decade with no ill effects. You do, however, need to take calcium to prevent osteoporosis.