Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 44 Location: USA west coast
How to delay a period Posted: 02-06-08 14:25pm
Hi - my friend is getting married pretty
soon, and her wedding will fall on her
period!! How does she know? She always has
routine cycles.. 7 day cycles, and always
starts the same day every month (+/- 1
day). She's probably just being paranoid
and its probably just fine to have a
wedding while on her period. But she
thinks it will feel akward and she'll
probably have cramps and moodiness. She
wants to be able to enjoy her wedding day
and honeymoon. The wedding is a huge deal
for her and her guests. What advice or
suggestions can I give her?
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fiona05
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Joined: 21 Dec 2005 Posts: 662 Location: , Norn Iron
Posted: 02-06-08 15:55pm
there is no way to delay her period. to
attempt to do it may even be dangerous,
cos i certainly dont know any healthy way
to do it!!
the only way it is possible is if you are
on birth control pills. when on birth
control, your period will come a couple of
days after finishing your active pills.
say for example you are due to finish your
active pills on the 10th of the month, but
on the 15th you are going on holiday, you
could finish the active pills on the 5th
instead so that your period will have come
and gone by that time. or you can delay it
by taking some extra active pills. as
long as you are not taking any more than
seven inactive pills you are still
protected.
it's not advisable to do this regularly,
but i would do it very occasionally, say
if i am going to a festival or something.
i'm gonna assume your friend doesn't want
to be on the pill though. either that or
she wouldn't have time to sort it out
between now and the wedding anyway.
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Georgia59
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Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 5320 Location: Along the Mississippi, USA
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Posted: 02-06-08 21:30pm
She really needs to get on birth control
now and if she's on it for a few months
before the wedding, she'd be able to skip
her period.
BTW- Do NOT shorten the active pills,
always take all of the active pills. If
you want to skip your period, it is better
to just not take the placebo week- start
the next pack of active pills right away
instead. It is safe to do this as often as
you want. Otherwise you compromise your
protection from pregnancy.
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