Hi! 😄 Does anyone on the combined pill skip their break weeks? I’ve been skipping my break week for months now (taking packs back to back) and I really like it. I have a more consistent mood and appetite, no bleeding or strong cramps, less breakouts and only occasional spotting. I was wondering if I can keep skipping the breaks? There’s different opinions from different people, some say it’s important to give your body a break and some say the break weeks are unnecessary as it’s not a “real period” 🤔

There’s no medical or health reasons for the break weeks, it’s literally just to mimic the natural cycle to make it more socially acceptable and more familiar/comfortable I guess for people to take it. So do whatever works for you, just make sure you have access to enough packs to account for the extra pills!

I have been skipping my breaks for several years now, there's no harm in it.

When I was on the ring I skipped my breaks for like 8 years 🤪 now I have the iud so don’t have control over my bleed like I use to but yeah you’ll be totally good.

@bluerose9 @aurielle @stinaaa thank you for your answers! I’m gonna keep skipping mine as well

My doctor actually advised me that I didn’t have to take the break weeks when I first started so I think it’s all good!