Starting period early?
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Starting period early?
| Fri, 06-29-2007 - 12:09pm |
I am due to end my pack of pills (Orto-tri lo) Saturday night causing my period to come on Wednesday. If I stop the pills now and not take my last two pills will that cause my period to come on Monday or will it mess me up completely? I am going out of town on Wed and it would be nice to be almost done with it all when we leave. If this will be more trouble than its worth ( spotting for a month, etc) then I wont bother. It was just a thought...Any information would be appreciated!

Hi
Jill
Jill is right--we don't know if the pill still works just as well with 19 active pills compared with 21, so it's better not to chance it.
if you were on a monophasic pill (all pills the same dose), you could take some pills from an extra pack to lengthen the active-pill interval, but with OTC Lo it's harder to do.