Help! gonna have 'aunt flo' for my wedding

Just spoke with my doctor and it turns out that I can't use my birth control pills to skip my period. She said with Ortho-Tri-Cylen I would end up having break-thru bleeding. Guess I should have started planning for this earlier.

Any other brides deal with this on the Big Day???

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Honestly? I'd rather have break-thru bleeding than full-on Aunt Flo..... I'd keep taking the Ortho-Tricycline.

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Posted by LIBrideinBWI

Honestly? I'd rather have break-thru bleeding than full-on Aunt Flo..... I'd keep taking the Ortho-Tricycline.

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not sure I agree with that. sometimes it's not good to play with mother nature.

will it be your first 2 days on your wedding day?

here's a tip which is definitely not an old wive's tale. sex & excercise brings it on. so workout like crazy and ___ like crazy too!

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LOL I'm with you girl!!! I am going to have Aunt Flo..................maybe.

I'm due for her, but lets see what the day brings!!!

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Honestly...I did this for the bar exam so that I wouldn't get it...and I didn't have any break through. I don't have a very heavy flo to begin with but if you don't either I don't think that you will. i took my pills all the way through....and didn't get my period for a month...it worked out for me, hope it does for you

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Thanks for your input -- but just to clarify -- did you use Ortho-Tri-Cycline?? My doc said some pills would do find but the 'tri' pills give you different drugs for different weeks.

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Posted by samnjenna

Just spoke with my doctor and it turns out that I can't use my birth control pills to skip my period. She said with Ortho-Tri-Cylen I would end up having break-thru bleeding. Guess I should have started planning for this earlier.

Any other brides deal with this on the Big Day???

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Up until 2 months ago I used the same thing for 8 years and doubled up back to back pills so I wouldnt get AF, and NEVER had break thru ever.

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Posted by csorisi

Honestly...I did this for the bar exam so that I wouldn't get it...and I didn't have any break through. I don't have a very heavy flo to begin with but if you don't either I don't think that you will. i took my pills all the way through....and didn't get my period for a month...it worked out for me, hope it does for you

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I've done it many times too with no problems.

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It looks like I may be cutting it close for mine so there is a possibility but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

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I skip my placebos all the time for certain events (using Ortho tri) and I haven't had any problems at all (actually I just did it again this week to prevent just that problem on my wedding day. I say go for it. No break-through for me....no pregnancies....no problems. But, don't do it for too many months in a row (the most I've done it was for three months).

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I planned mine out with my birth control. I had breakthrough bleeding (which was minimal) but it's worth it. So I skipped my period week and started another month. I had to FH would KILL me if I had it on our wedding night or on our HM!!!!!

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Posted by samnjenna

Thanks for your input -- but just to clarify -- did you use Ortho-Tri-Cycline?? My doc said some pills would do find but the 'tri' pills give you different drugs for different weeks.

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I have done it a few times, and I did have breakthrough bleeding the first time. But, I didn't have the bleeding during the time I was skipping my period. Mine came like 1-2 weeks later. So you might be fine for the wedding day, but it may come during your honeymoon. But it's hard to say since everyone is different.

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yes, I just realized the other night when I was taking my pill that October has 5 weekends instead of 4, so when I counted the rows in my pack, it looks like I am going to get mine the Friday right before my wedding (which is Sunday). My plan is to skip the placebo week and start the next pack so I can skip AF for the month of November.

(BTW, I take Yasmin)

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My doctor also said he didn't advise trying to skip when on Ortho Tri Cyclin but silly me listed to my friends! So instead of maybe 3-4 days of a very light aunt flo like I usually get...I got had a terrible reaction to trying to skip it - I got a BAD visit 3 days into our honeymoon & felt like I was 13 again! If your Aunt Flo isn't that bad you might not wanna risk it.

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what about stopping it early- I have done that and it works

stop taking your pill a week before you should and you will get your period- then just start over

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Posted by LIBrideinBWI

Honestly? I'd rather have break-thru bleeding than full-on Aunt Flo..... I'd keep taking the Ortho-Tricycline.

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my friend did this and she thought everything was fine and then had horrible cramping and way more than just breakthrough bleeding. She felt sick for a few days. Just be careful!

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I'm on ortho-tricyclin and my doctor said it would be no problem at all. I have done it plenty of times on other pills and never had a bleed.

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Posted by Beth1210

what about stopping it early- I have done that and it works

stop taking your pill a week before you should and you will get your period- then just start over

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That's it! You could read the instructions that came with your pills and see what they say about 'if you miss 2 or more pills in week 3' and do what they say.