Those aren't normal periods on the pill, you know, they're a withdrawal bleed when the hormone dose is stopped for a few days so we're all fooled our bodies are still behaving normally with artificial hormones.
It is possible to get pregnant on the pill, although unusual, and still have what appear to be periods. No-one knows the long term effect on a foetus of artificial hormones during pregnancy
It creates the obvious misunderstanding that if the woman gets pregnant while on the pill and keeps taking it, the withdrawal bleeds will fool her into thinking she's not pregnant: results, one unwanted pregnancy possibly picked up too late for an abortion = one unwanted child and/or foetus damaged by artificial hormones
I completely fail to see the connection between calling it a period and the continued use of the pill. The two are not inter linked. If the woman does not believe herself to be pregnant because she is having a withdrawal bleed, calling it a withdrawal bleed or a period is not going to influence her continued use of the pill. If she thinks she might be pregnant, she would hopefully have the sense/knowledge to stop, regardless of whether she considers it a period or a withdrawal bleed. In the specific scenario I mentioned, "period" is the terminology the woman used, and as she did not have any symptoms to make her think she was pregnant, hence the continuation of the pill. Calling it a withdrawal bleed would not have made her think, "Well hey, maybe my pill isn't working and I'm pregnant".
Perhaps I'm missing your point, but I really don't see what terminology has to do with this.
How does calling it one thing or the other change that if a woman is on the pill and has no symptoms of pregnancy, she is not going to assume she is pregnant?
I'm not referring to an "it" but to two completely different things, what's so hard to understand about that? Withdrawal bleeds would continue on the pill even if the woman is pregnant, actual periods are very rare in pregnancy.
My point is that she shouldn't assume she ISN'T pregnant just because she's having withdrawl bleeds on the pill.
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Those aren't normal periods on the pill, you know, they're a withdrawal bleed when the hormone dose is stopped for a few days so we're all fooled our bodies are still behaving normally with artificial hormones.
It is possible to get pregnant on the pill, although unusual, and still have what appear to be periods. No-one knows the long term effect on a foetus of artificial hormones during pregnancy
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Yes, I know that. But "withdrawal bleed" takes longer to type and people understand "period" better.
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It creates the obvious misunderstanding that if the woman gets pregnant while on the pill and keeps taking it, the withdrawal bleeds will fool her into thinking she's not pregnant: results, one unwanted pregnancy possibly picked up too late for an abortion = one unwanted child and/or foetus damaged by artificial hormones
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I completely fail to see the connection between calling it a period and the continued use of the pill. The two are not inter linked. If the woman does not believe herself to be pregnant because she is having a withdrawal bleed, calling it a withdrawal bleed or a period is not going to influence her continued use of the pill. If she thinks she might be pregnant, she would hopefully have the sense/knowledge to stop, regardless of whether she considers it a period or a withdrawal bleed. In the specific scenario I mentioned, "period" is the terminology the woman used, and as she did not have any symptoms to make her think she was pregnant, hence the continuation of the pill. Calling it a withdrawal bleed would not have made her think, "Well hey, maybe my pill isn't working and I'm pregnant".
Perhaps I'm missing your point, but I really don't see what terminology has to do with this.
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Misleading terminology leads to misunderstanding and in this case, could lead to an unwanted pregnancy
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How does calling it one thing or the other change that if a woman is on the pill and has no symptoms of pregnancy, she is not going to assume she is pregnant?
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I'm not referring to an "it" but to two completely different things, what's so hard to understand about that? Withdrawal bleeds would continue on the pill even if the woman is pregnant, actual periods are very rare in pregnancy.
My point is that she shouldn't assume she ISN'T pregnant just because she's having withdrawl bleeds on the pill.