WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2003: Re: skipping pills on birth control so it comes sooner?

Re: skipping pills on birth control so it comes sooner?

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 26 Mar 2003 16:02:51 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Lisa wrote: >
>I am on ortho tri-cylen and was wondering if I could skip a few pills to
>make my period come a week sooner because if I don't it falls right on
>my wedding.. which as you can guess isn't my first choice. My friend
>is on some form of birth control and is able to "choose" when she gets
>hers, but mine is in the spin-around thing so I take one everyday, and I
>was wondering if there was a certain color that's ok to skip, and how
>many I can skip with out confusing my body. thanks!
>
>--
>Lisa
>

Instead of skipping any pills to have it earlier, throw away the last 7 pills which are sugar pills and start a new pack on the day you should have taken the first sugar pill. This should delay your menses by 3 weeks. If you are taking anything with the word "tri" in it, you might have some spottting in there somewhere.

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R.Daniel Braun, MD  FACOG   FOG
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