Lara Briden's Forum

Oh ok, that's a relief - thanks!

I understand it's not necessary for women to have a withdrawal bleed while taking the pill, so they can skip the placebo ones and keep taking the active ones continuously. But my memory is a bit foggy regarding something I thought I read somewhere once. It said if you don't let the uterus shed its l...

About a week after my period, I start getting the discharge and bloating and soreness in my abdomen. I'm guessing that signals the start of the ovulatory phase? I don't think my pain has to do with ovulation itself because that's only a 24 hour event and my discomfort lasts way longer than that. But...

I had it in the second half of my cycle, which I thought was a good strategy since I get bloated during that time. I thought cleaning out my bowels would help. Interestingly, I still felt gassy and like I was retaining fluid even after being empty! Right up until the procedure, I still felt like I h...

I'm not sexually active and therefore not needing to prevent pregnancy. With that being said, if I take the birth control pill every other day instead of everyday, would that cause any harm? (I've actually been doing it for several months). My thought was that I'd be putting less of a bad thing in m...

Thanks!

Hi, I’m a 40 yr old in the U.S. (North Carolina). I’m trying to fix gut issues that I’ve been struggling with for about a decade and a half. IBS-C, methane SIBO (or IMO), eating disorder. I started learning about hormone health within the past few years because it’s so closely connected to the above...

I am on a combination pill, which I know is not ideal because it's putting a foreign substance in my body / it's not real hormones, but synthetic ones. Does this mean that if I were to test my hormone levels, it would show that I have no real estrogen or progesterone at all? Or are they just in hibe...