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!
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!!
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.
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 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.
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
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
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 😭!!!
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....
Hi thank you for your informative video! My wife and I are in China and it's difficult to get clear answers here. We are curious when we can have unprotected sex in relation to starting the pill each month. She started the pill (Yaz 21 pack) for the very first time last month on the first day of her period (Thursday). Today was the first day (Thursday) of her second pack (after waiting the 7 day break). We have read that it takes 7 days after starting the pill for it to be effective, however we can't tell if that means starting the pill for the very first time (meaning last month) or if that means seven days after taking the pill each month? Thank you so much for your help.
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 have a question I started today without waiting until the Sunday after my cycle because my doctor told me to start. Is that ok? It's Friday and my cycle isn't due for another week
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.
I bought yasmin for the 1st time now.i have 1st day today wednesday,should i start it in wednesday tablet or the 1st tablet which is sunday indicated?pls advice me .thanks
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 🫠
If my period starts on a Monday, could I start the pill that following Sunday coming up since that on the pack it is a Sunday starter? I hope I said that right .
This was so incredibly helpful, thank you, finally found a video where I sounded like I was talking to a person! It felt like my aunt was talking to me versus some high-end snooty info vid. One of the things I personally am worried about is when will the pill finally take effect? I've heard it takes up to a week to a month, but I'm not so sure what to believe? And though I practice safe sex, I don't want to have a slip up and have sex during a risky window of time.
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 have question! How if I take the pill by vetical not horizontal? Is there any problem? Or the tablet has same content and no problem to take any pill of it as long you do it regularly?
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.
So I got my birth control from a monthly subscription thing... didn't read the directions fully and didn't realize I needed to take it on a certain day... just took the one a little bit ago... am I good to just wait till I start and take it the sunday after? Even if I'm missing one?
I have the Sunday start pack, I started my Pd on a Friday so I took the sticker put it over the Sunday and started taking the pill Friday and so on. What happens if I missed the white pills? I’ve been taking all the red pills and not the whites even after my period finished am I taking it wrong? I’m confused
Can i ask ? I take exluton pills , im already done taking the one stab of the pills but my menstration didnt came back :( but i still continue taking again the other stub of the exluton pills .
I have a question doc , my wife had missed her menstruation this month last month her period started on July 4 but her period missed now shes taking her pills everyday and she didnt miss
I am a first timer on taking pills and i dont consult a dr. before taking the pills i just got the advice from a friend.And i imediately start taking pills w/o waiting my period to come so i dont know if it is the reason why i got my period 3 days or 3 pills before the sugar pills? So When to start my another pack if i had my period 3 days/3pills before my sugar pills?Is it ok to not take my sugar pills or i still have to finish it all?
Question, since you can start taking the pills when ever. Let’s say I start on week 1 on a Wednesday. I take the pills till the end of the week. Do I move on to week 2 or am I still on week 1 starting at Sunday?
Hello my name is Jamia Davidson. I recently started taking birth control pills yesterday. My questions to you are do I start the pill the same day I get the pack? And when taking the pill do I go down the row I started on or to do I go across?
I don't have a 28-day cycle, my doctor told me to take another pack of pills on the first day I get my period and disregard the remaining sugar pills. Is it okay not to finish all 7 sugar pills and start a new pack on the day 1 of my new cycle? Like my doctor said. I'm quite confused because there are no articles about it. I don't know who to ask. I'm relying on youtube. Lol. Thanks.
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
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.
Doc, I have a question. I was on yasmine a few years back. The new doc I’m with prescribed alysena 28, online I read that it isn’t good to take with mirtazapine, which i also take and my doc and pharmacist know! Another question, how do i STOP my period, and is it healthy to stop it for a long period of time?
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
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!!
The best video I've watched today. I wanted such an explanation. Thank you doctor🙏
You just answered all my questions! Awesome video!
none of the millions of videos I watched helped me as much as this omg
Honestly this was such a great explanatory video for me. Thank you!
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.
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 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?
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
WOW, you are the best. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much! This helped so much! I just got diagnosed with PCOS and I feel pretty nervous about starting birth control!
Thank you doctor... best video regarding the pill
Can’t image TH-cam still got so many good and classic videos from 10+years that still stand out of fancy TH-camrs. These are truly guides!
This is an extremely helpful and informative video!
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:th-cam.com/video/U4WTrzdvPEU/w-d-xo.html
I wish she was my doc 😂😂 she explains things very well
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! :)
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 !
Okay this is seriously the most helpful TH-cam video I think ive ever seen! I had no idea you could skip your period on the pill!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO. EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR!!
Starting my first month soon! Thank you for your information!!
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
This was extremely helpful! Thank you sooooo much!
Thank you for explaining this process.
thank you so much for this info!! this was so helped up and made me feel so much better about it !
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!
thanks's for making this it actually was kinda hard to find directions online
Very clear and helpful. Thank you!!
This was very helpful! Thank you!
after taking the "dud" pills the week of my period and a few days into next line of pills, could i get pregnant?
Soooo helpful! Thank you so much!
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 😭!!!
1st video that makes sense thank you 🙌🏽
Thanks Doc! 🤗
Thank you! This was very helpful and clear ☺️👍🏼
Thank you so much for this!!!
Thank you!!!!! This video helped me so much 💕
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....
Omg thank you this video was so helpful 😩♥️
Thank you for this very informative video.❤️
This helped me so much omg thank you.
Hi thank you for your informative video! My wife and I are in China and it's difficult to get clear answers here. We are curious when we can have unprotected sex in relation to starting the pill each month. She started the pill (Yaz 21 pack) for the very first time last month on the first day of her period (Thursday). Today was the first day (Thursday) of her second pack (after waiting the 7 day break). We have read that it takes 7 days after starting the pill for it to be effective, however we can't tell if that means starting the pill for the very first time (meaning last month) or if that means seven days after taking the pill each month? Thank you so much for your help.
Easy and vey good explained. Thanks
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?
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
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..?
Yeah I’m done confused af lmao 😂
I have a question I started today without waiting until the Sunday after my cycle because my doctor told me to start. Is that ok? It's Friday and my cycle isn't due for another week
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.
THANK YOU! Glad it was helpful! good luck!
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.
I bought yasmin for the 1st time now.i have 1st day today wednesday,should i start it in wednesday tablet or the 1st tablet which is sunday indicated?pls advice me .thanks
Best teacher ever
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 🫠
Very helpful. Thank you 😊
Which one is the best that you recommend Doc?
This was so helpful !
Thank you SO much I was confused by what my lady doctor told me😅
Really good explanation!
Thank you!! Was very helpful!
If my period starts on a Monday, could I start the pill that following Sunday coming up since that on the pack it is a Sunday starter? I hope I said that right .
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!
thanks for this!! couldn't understand what the pack was saying the visualization helped a lot
This was so incredibly helpful, thank you, finally found a video where I sounded like I was talking to a person! It felt like my aunt was talking to me versus some high-end snooty info vid. One of the things I personally am worried about is when will the pill finally take effect? I've heard it takes up to a week to a month, but I'm not so sure what to believe? And though I practice safe sex, I don't want to have a slip up and have sex during a risky window of time.
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?
This was very helpful thanks !! Much easier to understand.
I have question! How if I take the pill by vetical not horizontal? Is there any problem? Or the tablet has same content and no problem to take any pill of it as long you do it regularly?
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
I'm so luck to find this video. Thanks. More videos coming ?
Hi doctor. How do you use oral contraceptive as and emergency contraceptive pill? How many pill should i take?
So if my FIRST DAY of my period is Monday, I can start my pill Sunday??? I’m interested in not having periods on the weekends (Sunday Method)
Hi, I heard that the pill can cause some extreme mood swings? Is this true? :)
Hi can i ask, my period start last wednesday. But i didnt take the pill yet. Can i take it today(friday) the wednesday pill?
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.
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 got my birth control from a monthly subscription thing... didn't read the directions fully and didn't realize I needed to take it on a certain day... just took the one a little bit ago... am I good to just wait till I start and take it the sunday after? Even if I'm missing one?
This was helpful doctors have the nerve to confuse patients
I have the Sunday start pack, I started my Pd on a Friday so I took the sticker put it over the Sunday and started taking the pill Friday and so on. What happens if I missed the white pills? I’ve been taking all the red pills and not the whites even after my period finished am I taking it wrong? I’m confused
Can i ask ? I take exluton pills , im already done taking the one stab of the pills but my menstration didnt came back :( but i still continue taking again the other stub of the exluton pills .
Ok, so if I want to do the Sunday start do I begin taking the Sugar pills first do I start with the active pills?
Great explanation
What if you start on a Monday? Do you have to wait for the Sunday to come? No more bleeding then by that Sunday..
what are the side effects of using micro gynon birth control pills
I have a question doc , my wife had missed her menstruation this month last month her period started on July 4 but her period missed now shes taking her pills everyday and she didnt miss
I am a first timer on taking pills and i dont consult a dr. before taking the pills i just got the advice from a friend.And i imediately start taking pills w/o waiting my period to come so i dont know if it is the reason why i got my period 3 days or 3 pills before the sugar pills?
So When to start my another pack if i had my period 3 days/3pills before my sugar pills?Is it ok to not take my sugar pills or i still have to finish it all?
Can you start taking it as soon as you get the pill? Like when you are not bleeding
Question, since you can start taking the pills when ever. Let’s say I start on week 1 on a Wednesday. I take the pills till the end of the week. Do I move on to week 2 or am I still on week 1 starting at Sunday?
Hello my name is Jamia Davidson. I recently started taking birth control pills yesterday. My questions to you are do I start the pill the same day I get the pack? And when taking the pill do I go down the row I started on or to do I go across?
Hi. Is it okay if i take the pills even its not my 1st day of mens? Thank you
hello what's going I been on brith control for a month now still having bleeding / period and spotting cramps too I don't understand what's going on
hi where can i get the pill? do i need to have a prescription?
I don't have a 28-day cycle, my doctor told me to take another pack of pills on the first day I get my period and disregard the remaining sugar pills. Is it okay not to finish all 7 sugar pills and start a new pack on the day 1 of my new cycle? Like my doctor said. I'm quite confused because there are no articles about it. I don't know who to ask. I'm relying on youtube. Lol. Thanks.
what's about the 21 day pills without the sugar pill. How does it work?
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
My microgynon ed fe doesn't have days written? Should i just start with the first pill?
Wow I got it. Very elaborate . 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.
Doc, I have a question. I was on yasmine a few years back. The new doc I’m with prescribed alysena 28, online I read that it isn’t good to take with mirtazapine, which i also take and my doc and pharmacist know! Another question, how do i STOP my period, and is it healthy to stop it for a long period of time?