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missanonymas posted:
I recently started a new birth control and i just realized that if I continue my current course my period will be right in the middle of my honeymoon. What can I do to change this if anything? Does birth control move your menstraul cycle or just postpone it?
3 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:birth control/periodsI recently started a new birth control and i just realized that if I continue my current course my period will be right in the middle of my honeymoon. What can I do to change this if anything? Does birth control move your menstraul cycle or just postpone it?
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georgiagail responded:
Birth control (actually the lack of hormones in the week of "placebo pills") trigger bleeding that passes for a menstrual period.

You might consider skipping the week of placebo pills and simply starting a new pack of active pills. This can often stave off bleeding, although you might still notice spotting.

This is how the "extended" pills work (i.e., those that trigger a menstrual period only once ever three months); one continues with the active (i.e., hormone containing) pills and uses the placebo pills only one week out of three months.

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Report This| Share this:birth control/periodsBirth control (actually the lack of hormones in the week of "placebo pills") trigger bleeding that passes for a menstrual period.<br /> <br />You might consider skipping the week of placebo pills and simply starting a new pack of active pills. This can often stave off bleeding, although you might still notice spotting.<br /><br />This is how the "extended" pills work (i.e., those that trigger a menstrual period only once ever three months); one continues with the active (i.e., hormone containing) pills and uses the placebo pills only one week out of three months.<br /><br />Gail
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missanonymas replied to georgiagail's response:
Thank you very much i will do that. I just didn't to mess up the birth control. Do you know whether the birth control permenately changes your period or just temporarily.
Report This| Share this:birth control/periodsThank you very much i will do that. I just didn't to mess up the birth control. Do you know whether the birth control permenately changes your period or just temporarily.
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tbkittycat replied to missanonymas's response:
Temporarily. Once you go off birth control, your period will return to its pre-period schedule, maybe not right away but eventually.
Report This| Share this:birth control/periodsTemporarily. Once you go off birth control, your period will return to its pre-period schedule, maybe not right away but eventually.
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