Can I use BCP to "move" my Cycle?
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| Sun, 06-03-2007 - 11:05pm |
Hi. This may be a wierd question. Here's some background... My DH and I have been married 12 years. He is currently stationed in Afghanistan, and we just got the word of when his R&R leave will be. Right smack dab in the middle of Aunt Flo's Visit.
I do not normally take the pill. I do have a prescription for Levlen, 21/7 low hormone pill.
I would not mind concieving while he is home, so I don't really need the BCP for actual Birth Control. BUT, I don't want to be sitting on the side lines for an entire week out of the only two he will be home.
I am having short luteal phases. I was hoping I would start before and be done before he got here, but my cycle is NOT cooperating. So much so that I have squeezed in an extra period before he gets here. UGH.
Anyway, without saying exactly when he will be home, lets just say I will be right at CD2 ( my heaviest time) when he flies in.
Should I a) Try to move my cycle NOW, ( I have some leeway) Or should I b) wait and attempt to skip it while he is home? If I move it NOW, I am on CD 1 would I start my pills on Sunday (the next one), and just take 4 weeks of Hormone pills?
How would you do it? I really don't want to take the pill any more than I have to, as I don't need it. My husband is my only sexual partner, and I would like to maintain my fertility as much as possible and not screw around with it.
I am a basic Pill newbie.. Please help me! LOL.
Hey! is there any way to make sure I'm Ovulating when he comes home? (just kidding.... ) sort of. LOL I really just don't want to be on my period when he is here. Nothing like ruining the mood if you understand.

Hi rennerae, welcome!
Jill
That is really interesting... About the Provera, Aygestin.
DH will be home for exactly 14 days. I do not have 3 months. More like 2.
I used to have very nice pretty cycles, O on CD 14, with a beautiful 14 day LP. Then I had an early Miscarriage in February of this year. Hence the BCP I have unused in my bathroom. I didn't want to get pregnant right away, and turned out he left sooner than we expected so I didn't need them... Now I have O anywhere from 14-17 and no more than an 11 day LP. I have tried using progesterone cream to help my LP get back to my normal but it hasn't worked.
Anyway, I am now and have been for over 4 years an avid charter. It is how I have not gotten pregnant, and how I Did get pregnant with our miscarriage.
Can you tell me if I should try to use the Provera/Aygestin, or something like it NOW? Or should I wait? I have a really good Doc who I love, love, love... which is really hard to come by in military clinics. It is hard to get an appointment and normally I need several weeks from when I make the appointment to when I actually need the appointment.
She may be able to call in a prescription for me as my blood work and such is less than 30 days old since my last check.
Is there any more info you can give me about the Provera? So I take it Before I should start and it will hold off AF for as long as I need (in a perfect case) How long after I take the last dose will I see AF again?
Thanks for your time and input. I definately appreciate it.
Hi again hon,
Jill