Can I Delay My Period For One Month Safely? Posted: 01-07-07 15:27pm
Hi! I use ortho evra and have been for
years. Today (sunday) is the beginning of
week 3 and next sunday would be the
beginning of week 4, and I would normally
receive my period a few days later. We
are going away the following weekend and
usually my period sticks around long
enough that it would put a damper on the
weekend. So, I want to safely switch my
period to another week if at all possible.
I figure I have two options:
1) interrupt my current cycle by not
putting week 3 patch on and try to start
my period this week, starting my new cycle
next sunday.
2) continue my current cycle and instead
of leaving a patch off for week 4 next
sunday, start my new cycle of patches
right away.
Suggestions, anyone? If you can help me
out right away that would be great because
I pretty much have to make a decision
today. (if all else fails, I just
continue as normal -- better to be safe
than sorry.)
thank you all! I'm curious about this too
because i'll probably be anticipating the
same situations for next fall when we're
getting married. definitely don't
want to be on my period then!!!
Thank you thank you!
Ps - I know this is probably tmi, but he
usually pulls out before ejaculation
anyway b/c we're super-cautious since
we're not married yet.
Pps - I apologize for any strange typos of
capitalization and such... I have it
properly spelled out when i'm typing, but
for some reason the forum isn't reading
all of the capitalizations.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 01-07-07 15:47pm
You should remove the patch early, or push
your period earlier, this causes a
compromise in your protection.
You can 'try' and skip a period, not all
women are successful, but it is safe to do
this with ortho evra.
You may have spotting and bleeding...
Anytime you try and skip a period, you run
the risk of bleeding irregularities too.
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girlygirl81
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Posted: 01-08-07 00:46am
Should *not* take it off early?
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Carifairy
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Posted: 01-08-07 02:46am
Correct.. Sorry
yes, you must use birth control for at
least 21 days in order to be protected.
You can use it for 34 days, 50 days, or
even 22 days, but no less than 21 before a
'break'.
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wellnessinlife
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Posted: 01-10-07 14:16pm
I use ortho evra as well. Keep the patch
on to miss the period. My obgyn who has
been practicing for 40 years told me to do
that when my period was going to fall on
my honeymoon. No complications at all.
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definitely don't
want to be on my period then!!!
