Birth control? sugar pills?

Question

ive heard about being on birth control and them giving you sugar pills? can someone explain to me when and why they do this? im confused?

Answer 1

They give them to you to keep you in the habit of taking one pill each day.  It's just a reminder.  Personally I throw them out as they have no value (I'm on Yasmin).  If you don't need them don't take them.

Answer 2

Usually the pill packet consists of three weeks of hormone pills and one week of sugar pills. The hormone pills keep the walls of you uterus on therefore not giving you a period so when you stop taking them after the three weeks and start taking the sugar pills you get your period. The sugar pills are really just there to keep you in the habit of taking pils every day so really you don't need to take them, the lack of hormone pills will make you have your period. After one week you can start on the hormone pills again.

Answer 3

The placebo pills are taken during the week of your period. They are so you can stay in the habit of taking the pill everyday and you then don't for get when the week is up. This is done after 3 weeks of taking birth control pills. Then you take a "sugar" pill for seven days and during this time you will have your period. After seven days you then start a new pack and hence a new menstrual cycle. (Full menstrual cycle is about a month long or 28 to 31 days)

Answer 4

When you go on the pill you still have your period, but you are just not fertile.

So you take the pill every day, but then for one week or whatever, you take sugar pills (or no pills) so you can have your period.

Despite having your period, you are not fertile.