Saheli contraceptive pill
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Saheli/Chhaya – the only non-hormonal birth control pill

Is Saheli (also known as Chhaya) the answer for young women who would like to take the pill but have trouble with side effects? Unless you live in India, you might not even have heard of this weekly birth control pill.

Since 1992, Hindustan Latex Limited has been selling Saheli to women all across India. Saheli is different from other birth control pills because it doesn’t contain any hormones. Instead of using the hormone estrogen to prevent pregnancy, it contains a drug that blocks estrogen.

Usually, increased doses of estrogen stop a woman’s ovaries from releasing an egg. However, by blocking estrogen in the uterus, Saheli alters the uterus’ lining, which prevents a fertilised egg from implanting.

No side effects

Blocking estrogen in the uterus comes with added benefits – it has no nasty hormonal side effects. Women who take Saheli don’t experience nausea, headaches, or changes in weight. They also find their periods are lighter.

Effective

Saheli is nearly as effective as the normal birth control pill. If it's taken consistently, fewer than 2 in 100 women get pregnant within the first year, compared to fewer than 1 in 100 women with hormonal pills. By comparison, your chances of getting pregnant without using any birth control method is 85 in 100.

Bi-weekly to weekly dose

You’ve got to take Saheli twice a week for the first three months. But after that you take just one pill a week.

What this means practically is that if your period starts on Monday, you take the pill every Monday and Thursday for the first three months. Starting on the fourth month, you only take it once a week every Monday.

All the benefits minus the side effects

Not surprisingly, Saheli is advertised as comparable to the pill with all the effectiveness of hormonal birth control minus its nasty side effects. With all these benefits, one has to wonder why it's only available in India.

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if u use Saheli .... can we have unprotected sex... and if i m a user of saheli ... will i get pregnant if i have unprotected sex
hello... i am maansi 18 yr old sir mai ye jaanna chahti hu ki
hello... i am maansi 18 yr old sir mai ye jaanna chahti hu ki meri period nahi aa rhi h is mount toh kya mai sehe
hello... i am maansi 18 yr old sir mai ye jaanna chahti hu ki meri period nahi aa rhi h is mount toh kya mai saheli le sakti hu
debashri roy
Thu, 10/30/2014 - 09:51
maam mai janna chahti hu mai saheli kab se start kr sakti hu?? mera 1 month ho gaya hai pregnancy ke. please help me mai kaise roku isko. please help meg
mam,29sept ko mera per...samapt huwa aur mai 30 se saheli lana suru kar di lekin abhi tak peri... nahi aaya.dar lag raha hai.
Sir I am 20 yrs maine saheli ka use kiya to period 2 week tak over ho gaya but body se saheli ka ASSR khtam karne ka upay bataye mera period na aane se bahut paresaan hu
Kya aap kisi fairness cream ki baat kar rahi hain? So sunyie bete Yadi aap usse fair karne ke liye kisi kism ki cream waghera use karti hain toh usse us jagah ki skin ko nuksaan pohoch sakta hai. isliye behtar yahi hoga ki aap kewal us jagha ki saaf safai par dhyan dein bus! aur apne sharir se pyaar karein.
Bete Saheli pills mahila ke periods date ke aunsaar hi li jaati hai. isliye isse lene se pehle ek doctor se milein jo tey karenge ki isse kab lena hai. Take care and be careful. https://lovematters.in/hi/news/saheli-only-non-hormonal-birth-control-pill
Toh aapne protection ka use nahi kiya tha? Aur kkya aapne pregnancy test liya hai? Aap jis contraception pills ki baat kar rahi hain who 72 hours ke andar leni hoti hai, jo ki baar- baar lena bilkul bhi safe idea nahi hai. Ab uske liye der ho chuki hai. Pehele ek test karo, ghar mein hee yadi unsafe sex ke 10 din guzar chuke hain. Phir jaldi kisi achhay doctor se milo aur dekho kya ho sakta hai. Kisis neem hakeem ya chemist ke paas mat pahuch jaana, DOCTOR ONLY!! Jaldi karo samjhay?http://lovematters.in/hi/resource/unplanned-pregnancy
I have been regularly taking contraceptive pill (Saheli) for last six years and have never been conceived. However, now I missed out my period for 15 days. Thereafter i got a pregnancy test done on the 7th day of same in which i found it was negative. For more surety, i repeated the test again and found i am positive. Hence, may i ask you, even after taking pills regularly on time, How it can be possible for being conceived? Can the pregnancy test by kit be wrong?
Did you wait fr over 10 days after sex to take the test? Yes it is also possible the test was wrong. And are you sure you have not missed any doses in between? So for once more, take another test and use the first urine sample in the morning, or you can even see a doctor if you want – just as a confirmation. All the best beta.
I am a 29 year old female with endometriosis, which causes extreme menstrual cramps that are so painful I experience vomiting and fainting. Can Saheli help with menstrual cramps the way hormonal birth control does?
I'm 17 years old. I had unprotected sex with my boyfriend last month (January) on the 29th (Thursday). I have a 8-12 day. My period was expected on the 13th of this month (February, Friday). It's been two days and I still haven't got my periods and I tried two testes but both showed negative. How does the Saheli work? Should it be taken on the expected day of the period, even though I've missed? Or should it be taken from the day I actually start bleeding. No period, but still negative? What does that mean?
Ma'am i'am 26years old me saheli 7 months she left rahi hu. Koi side effects nahi hai but period 3 months baad at a hai.in 7 mahino me , mein 5 baar pregnancy test kar chuki hu,test negative at a hai lekin period deri se kyo ata hai
Bete Saheli pills mahila ke periods date ke aunsaar hi li jaati hai. Lekin kisi bhi medicine ke istemaal se pahle ek panjikrit doctor ki salah lena bahut zaruri hota hai, so please iske baare mein ya ise lene se pahle ek doctor se mil lijiye. Take care. https://lovematters.in/hi/news/saheli-only-non-hormonal-birth-control-pill Yadi aap is mudde par humse aur gehri charcha mein judna chahte hain to hamare discussion board “Just Poocho” mein zaroor shamil ho! https://lovematters.in/en/forum
I' ve been taking saheli saheli since last two months but this month i have not yet got my periods it is more than 10days and the pregnancy test too is negative. I want to know is for maximum how many days can the periods get delayed
17 age ki girl le skti hai kya or sex 25 Feb ko kra or 9 ki mc ha. Cnfrm nhi hai ki bf ka thoda sa chut gya h daut hai. Ki thoda sa chuttt gya hai nikalne me andr to prngnt ho skti hai ya nhi plzz answr
Jawab dene mein hui deri keliye sorry bete! Zara yeh samjh lijiye ki 18 saal se kam umar ki ladki ke saath kiya gaya sex phir chahe who uski marzi se hi kyun na ho RAPE ki category mein aata hai. Isliye aisa sochne wale viyakti ko khud apna chitna karna chahiye aur netik anetik baton par bhi vichar karna chahiye.
I am taking Saheli for 1 year, There is a important function in my home, and i need to delay my periods, Can i take Primolut N to delay my periods as i am taking saheli once a week now.
Ohh! Suno bete safe sex ke liye pill nahi condom ka isltemal kiya jata hai aur is tarah se pills ka istemal aapke masik dharm par asar kar saktee hai.. PLEASE in goliyoun ko laparvahi se istemaal mat keejiye. zara yeh dhyan se padhiye: http://lovematters.in/hi/resource/safe-sex
parmar sonal
Fri, 05/15/2015 - 09:56
hi i am new couple . so please ask me . i can take this tablets without any doctor information. sujest me any way of take this tab..
Bete yeh mahila ke periods date ke aunsaar hi li jaati hai. isliye isse lene se pehle ek doctor se milein jo tey karenge ki isse kab lena hai. Take care and be careful. https://lovematters.in/hi/news/saheli-only-non-hormonal-birth-control-pill
Dr. Mrinmay Basunia
Sat, 05/16/2015 - 20:09
My wife got HCG positive after using thison 3rd month and finally she is diagnosed as rupture ectopic and needed laparoscopic removal...
mam hamari sadi ke 1 saal hone wale hai.mera age 25 saal hai.aur meri wife ka age 21 hai.prblm ye hai ki wo xxx me intrest hi nhi leti hai.jabki mai uske pahle 15-20 min tak 4play karta hu.
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