Going on vacay and getting my period!!!
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Going on vacay and getting my period!!!
| 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!

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.
Hi
Jill
Hi and welcome!
Jill
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?
Hi anmlnrs, welcome!
Jill
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.
Hi prettypoodles, welcome!
Jill