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skipping a period
In the middle of August I'm going to the beach, and I realized that during that week I'll be getting my period, lucky me. I'm on birth control pills that have three weeks of birth control and then one week of sugar pills. I heard that to skip your period for the month you can start taking the next pack of regular pills when you're supposed to start the sugar pills. Is this true, and does it really work?
If it is, I'll make an appointment with my doctor and everything, I just want to know if it can actually work. [And yeah I realize it might be unhealthy but I doubt one skipped period will kill me haha.] Well thank you for answering.
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It's good that you're going to consult your doctor, but unless you need to go in, this is probably something s/he can tell you about over the phone.
Many women take the hormone-containing pills back-to-back and don't bother with the sugar pills. You can probably do this. You should understand that the risks are that it may slightly increase your risk for a blood clot (even over taking it with the sugar pills) so don't smoke, and it may slightly increase your risk of bone loss. Other than that, it's pretty safe. There are birth control pills where women have their periods only every three months and some women are choosing not to have periods at all by taking the pills continuously.
In fact, it's not really the hormones that will cause P.M.S., it's the change in the balance of hormones. When the balance between the estrogen and progesterone changes, we get P.M.S.. That's why docs prescribe birth control pills in order to regulate and control P.M.S.. Not all pills do this, however. It depends on whether yours is the 'mini' pill with more progesterone, etc.
Anyway, doctors are used to this question. They often have brides skip the sugar pills if their periods would come during the honeymoon, etc. It's not unusual.
Just call your doctor and I'm sure you'll get the answer you need.
Sabine
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Since you already plan to make an appointment with your doctor, they would be the best person to ask this question.
I don't know for certain if it works with the pill, but I know that the Nuva Ring will stop your period until it is removed. I don't know if it is because of the hormone in the birth control, or because the ring is still inserted.
That bit of info may not be helpful, but I just thought I would throw it out there.
If you start your next pack of regular pills rather than taking the sugar pills, I would strongly advise you take the skipped sugar pills the following week.
That would be better for you than skipping the sugars all together. You don't want to risk having too much hormone coursing through your body causing you to be an emotional mess. :)
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