Going on vacay and getting my period!!!

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Registered: 04-11-2007
Going on vacay and getting my period!!!
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Wed, 04-11-2007 - 4:43pm
I'm going to Florida and I just checked my calendar and I will be getting my period during the week I'll be there. I'm on the pill (Ortho Try Cyclen Lo) and been on it for a year. I heard you can make your period come early or skip it using the pill. Does anyone know how? and is this safe? Please let me know!!! I really don't want to be at the beach with my period! ugh!
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sat, 04-14-2007 - 12:01am

It is safe, and it doesn't compromise your protection, but with a triphasic pill like OTC Lo, it's a little harder to do.


There are a couple of ways we've seen it done, all of which require an extra pack of pills.


#1--when you finish the active pills in your current pack, open a new pack and take only the THIRD week of active pills which match the ones you just finished taking.

Judie Cl for Birth Control 
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Registered: 04-07-2007
Sun, 04-22-2007 - 3:05pm
Hi!I was taking the same bcpill myself and my husband was coming home for R&R for 2 weeks from Iraq and my doc told me I could stop taking thepilll and i would getmyperiod in 2 - 5 days then start newpack when last day oc cycle it didnt decrease prego factor just be creaful until you get your period.
~ Emily ~
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Mon, 04-23-2007 - 10:26am

Hi

      Jill

    

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Registered: 03-09-2007
Fri, 04-27-2007 - 1:12am
I am on orthotryclenlo and skipped my period by taking two packs back to back and just skipping my inactive week of pills. It worked for the week of spring break but o started bleeding about a week before i should have gotten my next period so it was like having a 2 week period. Not fun. But, it did work for not having it while I was with my bf for the week. I am going to Arizona with him on vacation and am scheduled to get my period but I think i would rather deal with the inconvenience rather than the other.

 

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Registered: 04-27-2007
Fri, 04-27-2007 - 2:34am
HI.YOU CAN CONTINUE UR PILLS WID OUT TAKING THE PLACEBO PILLS TO SKIP UR PERIODS, THERE IS NO HARM. ENJOY UR TRIP
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Fri, 04-27-2007 - 11:58am

Hi and welcome!


      Jill

    

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Registered: 05-29-2004
Tue, 05-22-2007 - 10:24pm

So Julie,

What is the best way if I am on a monophasic pill? Should I still take week #3 of a new pack or would it work just as well to skip placebo and start week #1? My thinking is that it wouldn't matter because all 21 active pills contain the same level of hormone.

Thanks for the info on Softcups. Any experience with these, anyone?

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Registered: 12-30-2003
Tue, 05-22-2007 - 10:45pm

Hi anmlnrs, welcome!


      Jill

    

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Registered: 02-13-2006
Wed, 06-06-2007 - 5:44pm

Hi,
I am on Kariva (generic version of Mircette) and am going to mexico with my boyfriend next week, so I want to skip my period this cycle. I have 3 weeks of white active pills, 2 green placebo pills and then 5 blue low estrogen pills in 1 pack. If I want to skip my period, do I skip the 2 green pills and 5 blue pills and immediately start a new pack? Or do I take the 2 green pills and skip the 5 blue pills before taking a new pack?

thanks.

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Registered: 12-30-2003
Wed, 06-06-2007 - 6:10pm

Hi prettypoodles, welcome!


      Jill