Insider knowledge from women docs
In a survey, 99 out of 100 female obstetrician-gynecologists said the daily use of oral contraceptives to limit the frequency of monthly periods is safe for their patients. And more than half of the doctors surveyed had tried it themselves.
Birth control pills usually are taken for 21 days, followed by seven days of placebo pills. Menstruation can be delayed by continuing to take the real hormones instead of the placebo pills.
The Gallup Organization surveyed 301 women ob-gyns in September for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Other findings:
* To postpone pregnancy for themselves, the women ob-gyns were most likely to choose the pill as a contraceptive over any other method. Forty-nine percent of the doctors surveyed made that their top choice.
* When asked which method they'd choose if they didn't want any more children, women ob-gyns preferred the IUD (28 percent).
