You can stop or delay your period with birth control methods or other hormonal medications. Here's how to do it safely.

Learn which forms are most likely to stop menstruation and if it's safe Medically reviewed by Lauren Schlanger, MD There are many reasons for people to want to delay or skip a period. Some experience ...

If you've had sex and missed more than three days of birth control pills, you can take Plan B to prevent pregnancy.

When you stop using birth control, your body needs time to return to its natural hormone production cycle. Ritch notes that it can take up to three months for your body to adjust, whether you’re ...

(CNN) — Don’t like having your period? Hormonal birth control can be used for more than just preventing pregnancy — it’s also a popular way to go months or even years without a period. Continuous use ...

It can take several months for your period to regulate after a Mirena IUD insertion. Some people may notice that their period stops within a year of insertion. While Mirena doesn’t stop periods in all ...

More than 65 percent of women ages 15 to 49 in the United States use some form of birth control, and many of them are on hormonal birth control methods like the pill, patch, ring, implant, injections, ...

Women across the country bonded online over their “Ozempic babies” – surprise pregnancies while taking GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro, despite being on birth control or having a history ...