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Re: [Birth Control] use pill to postpone ovulation?

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 4 Dec 2001 15:24:43 -0600 (CST)

At Tue, 4 Dec 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>Can the pill be used to postpone ovulation until my fiance returns from
>abroad? I will only have four or five days with him this month, and
>unfortunately, that won't be until I amd due to start my period. Can I
>take the pill before I start ovulating, then stop right when he gets
>here in order to try?

You can postpone your cycle, but not the way you describe. What you would have to do is take the pill so that you finish the 21 active pills 16-18 days before you would like to conceive, assuming that you have a regular 28 day cycle. What you propose would not delay that particular ovulation, but destroy it altogether, and your ovaries would have to start from scratch. All told, you would have to start this process 5 weeks before the big event. 

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG


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