Can I Induce My Period to Start a Few Days Early? Posted: 08-08-07 11:14am
Hi there,
I've been on Alesse 28 for over a year
now. I'm going on vacation in a few
weeks, and I've noticed that using all of
my active pills, I'm going to be starting
my period 2 days before I leave, so I will
still have my period a few days into my
vacation.
I was wondering if I could induce my
period to start a few days early (for
example, on Monday instead of Thursday),
by not taking the last few active pills in
my pack and skipping right to the
placebos? I thought it would be okay as
long as I made sure to start my new pack 7
days later.
Another alternative is for me to just not
take the placebo pills and go straight
from active->active pills, but I did
this last month and wasn't sure if I
should do it again, as I have had a small
amount of breakthrough.
Please let me know about both! Thank you
very much!
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Tylanas
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Posted: 08-08-07 13:07pm
Shortening your cycle actually is not
safe, and could make you succeptible to
pregnancy. If you did that, you would have
to use protection for two weeks:
Protection during the period week, and
protection for the whole first week of
your new pack.
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cramberri
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Posted: 08-09-07 16:45pm
Oh really? I didn't realize I would be at
risk as long as I started my new active
pills 7 days after I stopped my last
pack.
I was thinking of skipping again, but I
skipped last month and have a bit of
breakthrough so I'm thinking otherwise.
What if I just skipped the last active
pill in my pack? Would one day make so
much of a difference? Again, as long as I
started my next pack 7 days later? Thank
you!
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Carifairy
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Posted: 08-09-07 17:00pm
The KEY to all birth control pills is you
must take at least 21 pills in order to be
protected against pregnancy!
You could take 25-45-22, just no less than
21 pills, and NO MORE than a 7 day break
between active pills.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 08-09-07 17:01pm
I don't know. It might work, it might not.
I think your safest choice is to try
skipping it completely, as that won't
increase your risk for pregnancy.
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cramberri
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Posted: 08-10-07 01:50am
Bah, this is so complicated =P
So since I skipped last month, if I just
took one less active pill this month, that
would have meant that I took 41 pills
(21+20), then take my 7 placebos, then can
start my new active pills and I'll be
okay?
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Tylanas
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Posted: 08-10-07 11:46am
cramberri
wrote:
Bah, this is so complicated
=P
So since I skipped last month, if I just
took one less active pill this month, that
would have meant that I took 41 pills
(21+20), then take my 7 placebos, then can
start my new active pills and I'll be
okay?
Why don't you just end your active pills
when you should? I mean yes, having a
period on vacation is annoying... but it's
safer.
I didn't know you'd skipped last month's
period. Because you've taken more than 21
pills, I think you could stop the
active pills right now and be safe for 7
days (your placebo week). Then start
taking active pills again.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 08-10-07 12:31pm
THAT IS different!
AS long as you did not have a 7 day break,
and you skipped..
Then technically you would be taking more
than 21 pills in a row.
THE key here is no less than 21 active
pills in a row, or you risk pregnancy. BY
skipping a period, you take more than 21
pills in a row.
IF You make your period come early, be
warned, you 'could' still have bleeding
when you do not want it.
