can i finish my contraceptive pills 5 days early to get my period before the weekend?

Question

i have taken all pills of this packet correctly but would like to miss the last 5 in the pack in order to get my period before the weekend.will my period come as usual if i do this and will i be protected?

i have taken 2 packs back to back and want to finish the current pack 5 days early so i have my withdrawal bleed before the weekend. i will start my next pack earlier than usual so will still only have 7 days pill free break. will i get my period as usual and will i be protected?

Answer 1

Yeah you can do that with no ill affects or you can carry on with the next packet and just miss the period out all together

It is ok to do that once in a while xxx

Answer 2

You can do one of two things to 'move' your period:

1) finish the packet you are on and just move straight on to the next without a break

2) finish your packet early, have your seven day break, then start a new packet

There are pros and cons for both: with (1) you don't get a period at all this month (sounds good!) but you run the risk of spotting or small amounts of bleeding near the end of the second packet, simply because your body has continued to produce a blood lining without expelling the first one - this will depend on how heavy your periods are normally. with (2) your body may take an extra couple of days to respond and so you may have your period when you didn't want it anyway, and depending on your body chemistry the change may make you feel quite emotional even though this will settle down again when you begin to take the second pack.

Personally, as an OB/GYN medical student, I would choose to finish my existing pack and start my next one straight away.

Good luck, and have a good weekend!!

Answer 3

That's a very risky way to go. It would be better to continue to take the pills for longer than you usually would and reschedule your period that way. Speak to your doctor about how to do this with your brand of pills.

Many women take the pill continuously for several months to skip periods and have done this about as long as there has been a pill. However, stopping too early in a cycle instead could allow you to ovulate and have no protection. If you insist on doing this, you need to use an alternate method of contraception until you are a week or two into your next pack of pills, and preferably two methods, like condom and foam.

I urge you to speak with your doctor about altering your doses of anything.

Answer 4

I dont think you are protected if you miss out pills but as said before you can just move onto the next packet which will mean you dont get a period at all!

Answer 5

LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER ANSWERS HAVE SAID ' CARRY ON THE NEXT PACKET WITH NO BREAK' THIS WILL RESULT IN NO PERIOD. I WAS ADVISED TO DO THIS FROM MY DOCTOR WHEN I WAS GOING ON HOLIDAY BUT DONT DO IT TO OFTEN..WHEN I DID IT I WAS FINE FOR THE FIRST 2 DAYS BUT DID FEEL QUITE SICK ON THE THIRD SO DECIDED TO STOP TAKING THEM,I FELT MUCH BETTER THE NEXT DAY.

Answer 6

no dont do it u wont be protected, u can start another strip the day after finishing ur last strip eg u finish one pack on the frisday u start another on the saturday, that way u will be protected and ur period wont arrive for another 3 weeks

Answer 7

all of you who say to skip to the next months pills are in for a bad month eventually . ive known four different girls who have done this and after a while they all ended up with a period that lasted a month or longer. for all the number of periods skipped to cause this were different but at least one of them was told by a doctor that the skipped periods were the cause of the extended one

Answer 8

Just start the next pack and miss it all together. I have actually heard a doctor say this to someone who was going on their honeymoon.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

its better to just carry on without a break.