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birth control pills
I'm a senior in high school, I'll be 18 next month, I'm currently a virgin but I plan on going on birth control pills before I leave for college (sometime over the summer) just to be safe.. but I just realized that I'm scheduled to get my period the day of my senior prom and have it the whole weekend of after prom.. but luckily my friend has an extra month's worth of her birth control pills and offered to give it to me to take so that my period would come after my prom weekend. I read the directions and information that came with the pills but my only concern is if this is really dangerous to do becuase I havent been examined and I'm not telling my parents about it. I plan on stopping the pill after this one month and hopefully starting again when I go for my yearly check up later in June. Any advice is appreciated..
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I completely agree with what the other columnist already said. Another thing I want to point out is, how do you know that it would make your period come at that time? It could, but it may not. It could make it come earlier, later, cause spotting, or not affect it at all. It depends on how your body handles it. So, even if you did decide to use it, which you definitely should not, it probably wouldn't work for what you want it to do.
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I would advise you AGAINST doing this. It could be really dangerous. A lot of people are very different in the birth control that they use and it's much better to get examined ahead of time. I understand that you don't want to be on your period prom weekend because wow, that would seriously suck, but I don't think it's worth the consequences to take someone elses prescription medicine (because that's basically what birth control is)
In the end, the decision is obviously up to you. Just know that something could go wrong. Also, as much as I don't think you should do this, what harm is there in calling your doctor and asking him/her? Also, if you have some time before prom, schedule an appt. for yourself to get started on birth control.
Doctor patient confidentiality means the doctor can't tell your mom if you're sexually active. When I had to get my last physical, the doctor told my mom to leave the room so she could ask me some questions... it was obvious what they were, but my mom couldn't be around to hear the answer (obviously so I wouldn't lie).
You can tell your mom you don't feel well and ask her to make you an appointment. Since you're 17, I'll assume you drive (even though I'm 17 and don't have a car yet), so I'll assume you can take yourself to your own appointments.
If I'm wrong, then maybe your mom or whomever at least won't go in the room with you during the appointment. Then you can tell the doctor the truth about why you're there.
I'm not usually for lying about something like that, but I'd rather you lie to your mom so you can get birth control from your doctor after being examined by him/her rather than you using your friends medicine that could cause more harm than good.
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