Postponing your period??

Yes-- talk to your OB/GYN, because things may be different with different pills. But generally, you do want to start this earlier so that your body can have time to adjust. There may be some side effects early on like break-through bleeding that should subside as time goes on.

If you can see/talk to your OB/GYN before January, that may not be a bad idea.

I've done it before. You skip the "period" placebos, and start a new pack. I'm not familiar with your bc, but it sounds like they just don't include the placebos. My doc. let me do it with Ortho. I did have random breakthough bleeding from time to time. I only did it three months, though. Ortho made me crazy! I just stopped the pills all together.

Mine is suppose to start the day after my wedding. So, it will either start early on my wedding day, or I will have serious PMS. I've already warned everyone...

Good luck!

Also keep in mind that every woman is different...I'm extremely irregular, so althoug my period will have came and went by my honeymoon night, I'll still come prepared...

I specifically went in to my OB/GYN for this exact issue. Wedding was in August. I went in June when I figured out even after alllll the planning I thought I did right, that my period would be starting ON my wedding day or during the honeymoon. I was given three packs of pills and I started in June, skipped my period in July (by skipping the sugar pills) and then in August (over my wedding) and was told I could have skipped a third month in September if I had wanted to, but I decided not to. I do think you should start the process atleast one month before because for me it did take some time adjusting to no period in July. Hope that helps.

They also have pills that you can take to stop your period from starting, check with ob/gyn.

I used to be on loestrin 24 fe and skipped placebos to avoid my period during my honeymoon. I did it like six months out because I always spot when I skip them. I ended up getting my period a week before the wedding so it worked out really well!

I have done that many times and have been fine but DH and I use back up bc when I do just to be safe.

I've done it before, several times, it's fine.

I did it and my body adjusted the very next month!! I would do it early just to make sure you don't run into issues

Thanks, everyone!! Great feedback!

I talked my obgyn a year out. I needed to push it back two weeks (honeymoon and wedding). She had me skip one pack of placebos then and wait a few months and do it again. I didn't have any problems. It was a lifesaver!

I was a loestrin girl. I'm doing it & my wedding is next month.

I did the same thing - took two packs right in a row and actually moved mine to two weeks before the wedding! it worked out perfectly!

I have implanon, the best birth control and I usually skip months and even if I bleed its barely any only for like a day. lol that's not my arm but it's put in the exact same spot as mine is. Also can't get pregnant, and never have to use protection with your hubby. I have had it for over a year and no protection other than implanon.

I've done it, just skipped my sugar pills in the pack. Obgyn said it was fine. Your pack I'm not familiar with so id ask the doc first