Re: Continous BCP & Urination

TheAmazingGuffy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> Jllo wrote:
>>     From the beginning, I was always taking the bcp at around
>> 7 pm.     Recently, I missed taking the bcp in the night & I ended
>> up taking it in the morning & I pee'ed more in the daytime
>> on that day. I then ****fted to taking the bcp to the mornings. Since
>> then, I haven't had too much peeing in the nighttime - just once or
>> twice. This may change again in a few weeks, but I was wondering
>> if there could be any connection at all between the BCP &
>> urination. Does estrogen or progestin cause bladder issues?
>>

> Progesterone is a muscle relaxing hormone and can cause the urges to
> urinate.  Estrogen helps to prevent this. You may have more
> Progesterone in your system then estrogen and your pill may be
> elevating that even higher, thus the need to urinate. This is all
> conjecture though.....



Does this mean that I should check with a gynaec for some
bcp with a lower dose of progestin than Alesse? Is there one
like that?

Or a pill with a higher dose of estrogen than Alesse? Will
a higher dose of estrogen cause some other problems.

I remember the gynaec telling me that he prescibed
Alesse for continous bcp because it is a very low dose
pill - I don't remember whether he meant low dose
of estrogen or low dose of progestin?