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| Mon, 10-11-2004 - 4:53pm |
Does anyone know how you can push back your period for a week? i am on the pill (Yasmin to be exact) and currently my day 1 start is a Thursday, i get AF on mondays.... I like it on mondays and would like to keep it this way, however i was thinking of pushing it back... because i know this is a crazy reason.. but we are having a HUGE family reunion vacation in March at Disney World... I am sooo excited, however, because i was curious and am on the pill i was able to see if i would have AF during the vacation, sure enough i start that monday we are there.... for the whole week. I TRULY do not want it then as we are going to go to the water parks and stuff too and i cannot use tampons as i get irritated really bad... so i wondered if i can push it back (or ahead) to where i will get it a week later or ahead of that.. does anyone know? i am getting AF as of today and am due to start my next pill pack this thursday.. what would happen if i waited until NEXT thursday to start it (thus another week w/no pills) and used back up method for the next month.. would that regulate me to the same schedule i am on now but just push it back a week? has anyone tried this?? i am just curious right now... thanks!

Good for you, planning ahead! You could stop active pills for 2 weeks (as you suggested) and use backup for that period and at least 7 days after you begin actives but that might also cause you to have side effects similar to starting hormones all over again.
There are other ways of moving your period when on pills (without compromising your protection) and since you are planning ahead you have time to use one of them. 1) You can shorten your hormone-free days by 2 or 3 days for several cycles until you get to where you want to be or, 2) you can get another pack of pills and extend your active 21 pill cycle another 1 or 2 weeks. It’s possible that you could have some irregular bleeding when extending your active pill cycle, but that is unlikely since you are on Yasmin a monophasic pill. The remaining actives in the other pack can be used as spares in case you loose or vomit a pill. Let us know what you decide, ok?
Good luck,
Jill