2007-04-19 11:57:55 · 7 answers · asked by shellv1966 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
here is how my friends and i do it... we have all been on ortho tri cyclin lo for years.... say you want your period the week before so it wont be when yer at the lake..... you skip the last week of reg. pills and go striaght to the period ones.... you will have your period early. then just go right back to taking them normally..... i have also heard that you can just go from reg. pills skip period ones and go to reg. again... but i have never tried this and i dont know anyone who has. good luck. have a good trip!
2007-04-19 12:02:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Are you already taking them? If not, it's hardly worth it. You'll have to pay for the dr visit and the pills, and your body won't be used to the pills so you'll probably have more bleeding than normal anyway. If you're not already taking them, you can't be sure they will stop your period anyway. But if you really want to try, get a prescription and then here's what you do:
You have to take regular pills, not placebo pills during the week you want to delay your period (it will delay one week). If the vacation falls in the first three weeks, you don't have to change anything. If it falls in the 4th week, start a new pack, take the first week, then take the placebo pills.
2007-04-19 19:11:08 · answer #2 · answered by Maggie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your dr says it's ok to do, you can start the next pack of birth control pills (meaning that you won't take the placebo or sugar pills of the pack you currently take) which will hold off your period for the next week (if that's how long you will be on vacation for).
2007-04-19 19:04:03 · answer #3 · answered by sokokl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just to give an additional bit of information - a friend of mine asked me that, but she is not on the pill! So if you are not on the pill, you have to start it NOW, and then do what the others have said, i.e. after 28 pills don't stop/have placebos, but continue with the normal pill for another 28 days. You can just make it! :)
2007-04-19 19:07:13 · answer #4 · answered by lx3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go for it. Instead of starting the "inactive" pills at the end of the pill pack, go right on and start the new pack of pills. That will cause your period to skip. You can actually do that every cycle, if you wish, there's nothing harmful about skipping your period that way.
2007-04-19 19:02:36 · answer #5 · answered by nightynightnurse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just continue the pill onto the next pack and your period shouldn't come.
2007-04-19 19:01:33 · answer #6 · answered by Wise One 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just skip the placebos until then and go straight into the next pack without a break. You may have spotting. Call your doctor.
2007-04-19 19:01:53 · answer #7 · answered by backwardsinheels 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋