Delaying Period

@Jess'sGirl.. I was thinking the same. OP, having your period for your wedding/HM may be a blessing in disguise. Thinking back to your previous post, I highly suggest waiting until you are on some form of contraceptive before you guys even think of having sex. With all of the things you've shared with us about how your FH and his family is acting, I'm thinking you getting pregnant right now is literally the LAST thing you want/need. Birth control is so important. Make time to go see a professional. Please.

@ OG Matt

"Don't you know when your period tends to show up each month, or every X amount of days? I mean, geez! I know my wife's cycle better than you know you own body? How is this possible? Why don't some young girls know how to become educated about their own body?"

Every woman is completely different when it comes to this. Some women get it every three months or even once a year. More athletic women tend to have very light periods. Birth control is also what regulates a period so that you know exactly when its going to come, but many women who aren't on birth control can have very unpredictable cycles. Stress (especially wedding stress) will 100% affect when your cycle will come, how heavy it is, and how long it will last.

It is not as simple as you put it. But I think its very good that you'll be a very involved father when it comes to matters of your daughter's reproductive health. But it is not as black and white as you are making it seem.

@OG Matt

Yeah, you're a little out of line there- just because your wife has a very stable cycle doesn't mean all women do. And with wedding planning and stress, things get thrown off quite easily. And even if her cycle was on time, it still might have come during her wedding (after, most women don't plan their weddings around their menstrual cycles. The date of the venue, season, etc. is usually more important) so that is kind of irrelevant anyways.

But it's great that you want to educate yourself so that you can educate your daughter! I highly suggest reading a few books and talking to some women about their own experiences first (not just your wife's experiences)

Every woman should know how this stuff works, sexually active or not. You cannot alter Mother Nature (your period). Birth control is absolutely not guaranteed to delay or stop a period. That is like taking a drug hoping for one of it's side effects. The morning after pill is rough on the body. It can delay or irregulars it for 4 months, and that's not healthy. It can cause major side effects like migraines and your body could pretty much blow with bloating. You could get bad reactions from it. You're a woman. Women have to deal with periods all the time, and letting a period ruin your wedding and honeymoon is not worth it.

I feel for you. I'm in the same boat with having my period on the wedding day. You may end up being late from stress (which is what's happening to me) and your period may not arrive on time though. It's very common to be late when stressed

If it does, for the wedding tell your MOH/mom/best friend that they are going to have to help you take off/put on your dress every 2 hours (or however often you have to depending on your flow) so you can change your tampon and pad. Unless you have a very simple dress, I think taking it completely off would probably be the safest choice. That's what I plan on doing.

For the honeymoon, just do what you would usually do. Though your religion says you can't have sex on your period, you can engage in tons of other forms of sex and foreplay that have been off limits to you before. It will be so exciting to do those things even though you'll have to wait for vaginal sex.

I'm really sorry that the timing sucks It'll work out though!! And, honestly, I bet it will be late anyhow haha

Plan b makes me so cranky and honestly really moody. My FH told me I'm not allowed to take it anymore and I agree with him lol

Nadinoreo, I hope you're doing okay. I remember your other post about your husband and in-laws. Please take the time to take care of yourself, to get educated on sexual health, and to see gynecologist. It's alarming that you have very poor knowledge about your own body. It's a period, not the end of the world. Please update us on your other issue. Many of us are/were concerned.

Here's the thing. If it's your first time you may bleed anyway, even if you weren't on your period.

I'm not sure if your religion tells you it is "not safe to have sex on your period" or if that is a piece of information you picked up along the way, but I'm 99% sure no doctor would ever tell you that because it simply isn't true.

I've been on birth control for the majority of my life. I think I started at age 12 or 13. I have tried almost everything, pill, shot, patch, implant, etc. I've had differing reactions to all of them, but none have made me crazy.

If you and your (almost) husband are going to be starting a family, you really need to educate yourself about your body and what to expect. This is not something to put off, or something you can "not have time for."

No one has any right to tell you what to do or not do with your own body, but you really do owe it to yourself to have all the information to make an informed decision.