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Many female athletes and backpackers put off their "courses" by taking oral
contraceptives.

If you¹re already on them, you keep taking them for a few days, thru the
sporting event, to avoid withdrawal bleeding. If you¹re not on them, and
there are no contraindications, you can start by taking them for a month
before the cycle that has the time you don¹t want to bleed.

So if you want to avoid bleeding for Tevis, which is Aug 5, you¹d take them
for June & July. (Tevis is 4 days before the Full Moon. FM is when most
women not on exogenous hormones ovulate, especially if they spend a lot of
times outdoors.

YMMV and other restrictions apply so please talk to your drs (or PM me)
before trying this at home.

Beverley



That isOn 3/7/06 7:49 AM, "Jonni" <jonnij@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [...] I have already looked way ahead to Tevis. LOL (and I'd sure be at the
> doctor talking to her about the pill or something to adjust me if I was gonna
> be dealing with it at a ride like that!


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