How to Stop your period
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How to Stop your period
| Tue, 08-31-2004 - 11:18am |
I'm waiting on a call back from my Dr., but isn't there a way to stop your period for a month using birth control. Like if you wan't to insure you don't have one on your wedding day, vacation, etc.?

Talk to your doctor about taking your pills continuously, no hormone free week. If you are on a pill that has the same dosage of hormones in all 21 active pills you stand a better chance of skipping successfully. If you try skipping you should be already taking the pill and have your body adjusted to the hormones, which will take about 3 cycles, before trying to skip on them. If you aren't on BCPs and want to delay your period for 10 days or so, ask about progestin pills. Not the POP birth control ones but ones with more progestin in them. Let us know what s/he says, ok?
Good luck,
Jill
The Dr. was going to start me on Ortho-something, and call in 2 packs. Not Tricycln, can't remember what she said, I'll let you all know tomorrow if you are interested.
When you start your Sept. period, the Sunday after you start bleeding start your first pack. Take the 21 active pills (in 21 days OF COURSE) at the same time every day and skip / throw away the 7 inert pills. Then start the next pack and take all 28 pills and I should be back to normal and can get back off the pill if I want to. Skipping the inert pills and going on the active pills is supposed to be what stops your period. It DOES NOT PROTECT AGAINST PREGNANCY, I want to stress that if any is reading this planning on taking matters into their own hands w/o a doctor's consent.
God, I hope it works. This is an anniversary trip (married 3 years) to Mexico and I started my period on my wedding night and bled my whole honeymoon the last time we were i Mexico and I'd really love to enjoy it period free!
Good luck,
Jill