Is it less common to suppress it artificially? I feel like if I was a woman I would do anything to get around needing to have to go thru that regularly. Assuming the risks werent huge I dont get why suffer thru that all the time

But I also definitely dont want children

  • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca
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    Second hand information, but I’ve heard that it’s much more common in Europe for women to stay on birth control pills “permanently”, whereas in North America there is always a week of placebo pills to allow the period to happen. There’s apparently no strong evidence why a period “has” to happen, but that’s the guidelines. 🤷‍♂️

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      14 days ago

      That started changing in the US in the late 80’s, depending on the specific composition of the birth control.