Skipping Periods??

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Registered: 04-12-2003
Skipping Periods??
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Tue, 04-06-2004 - 11:24pm
ok, here's the situation: I discovered that I would be having my period at the same time i was going to get married....well, i wanted to avoid that so I skipped my March period....and it still came a week after...it was supposed to stop and it keeps going...i've now had my period for almost 10 days...is this normal? I want to skip right thru to June but i'm afraid of constantly having my period...can anyone tell me what's going on?And whether I should take the break (no hormones) or just keep skipping? Thanks!
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Wed, 04-07-2004 - 9:36am
Hi densheikgrl,

I forget, what pill are you on? Skipping works best on a monophasic pill, which has the same dose in all 21 active pills. A triphasic, such as OTC doesn’t work as well for most women and some women can’t skip at all. If you have been taking your pill at the same time every day so that hormone fluctuations don’t cause btb then the mix of hormones in your present pill might not be quite right to allow you to skip. I’d ask my doc about it if I were you.

Good luck

      Jill