PANIC! NEED ADVICE :(

fatchunk · September 2010

I havent been on "the pill" in years, and when I was, I took it perfectly. Never had a problem. I'm a month from my wedding day and started taking it the Sunday after my last period mid August like I was supposed to. I'm not due for my next period til next week and guess who got here early?!?! This cannot happen next month! I planned my wedding to be before my cycle! My fiance and I don't have sex, so this is a super big deal!
I've heard of chicks skipping a week of pills or whatever, to change their cycle date. Anyone here ever done this???
P.S. You can call me Karina if "fatchunk" is hard for you. haha

[Deleted User] · September 2010

I've skipped a week before. It totally screws up my cycle and makes me bleed for longer when I get back on sugar pills, sometimes before. It's not worth it for me. But if it came early and you're still on the non-sugar pills, it may go back to normal in time for the wedding. Mine does that, comes early some weeks, late the next.

If you're worried about the wedding night, just do as my H says: 'Throw down a towel and have at it."

missy68 · September 2010

Your best bet, though, is to call your doctor. Your pharmacist won't give you medical advice.

baystateapple · September 2010

You look anything but fat, just an FYI

I have skipped the last week of my pills before (the defunct week) and gone right into the next pack of pills. You might get some spotting, but it should keep you from getting your period early. I don't understand how your period came a week early when you were on the pill, though. Maybe you should see what your GYN has to say.

betrothed123 · September 2010

We are not doctors (well okay, some of us might be, but those people shoudln't be giving medical advice over a forum so they likely own't answer these questions). Call you doctor. I never understand why people go to a forum of lay people to ask medical questions.

It can take your body a few months to get used to the pill. While your body is acclimating to it you can have random spotting and periods. Your doctor should have informed you of this.

Skipping the placebo week will most likely not work if your body hasn't yet acclimated to the pill. There are also certain pills that skipping the placebo week doens't work to offset your period in a safe manner.

Nattie24 · September 2010

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[QUOTE, just do as my H says: 'Throw down a towel and have at it."
Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]

my FI would say the same thing..

AllAboutTheBenjamin · September 2010

Like B said - we aren't doctors, so you should really call up your doc and ask her.

But most girls who've been on the pill will say that skipping the placebo pills is just fine. So don't panic

Also, I've been on the pill for about four years (with the exception of about six months this year) and once in a while, my period will come early. It PISSES me off. But then, sometimes it wouldn't show up til Wednesday or even Thursday the week I'm supposed to get it. As long as your body gets your period around the time its supposed to, you should be good.

But yeah - call your doc

fatchunk · September 2010

The reason why I came here, and not a doctor, is because I don't have a doctor to go to. And if I did, I wouldn't go to him/her anyway because they wouldn't give me advice like skipping pills. I got lucky that my old Rx was still valid at the pharmacy. I'm asking for advice, not someone to come give me an exam! ha
Thank you all for your advice. I might just stay on track and see what happens!

betrothed123 · September 2010

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[QUOTE]The reason why I came here, and not a doctor, is because I don't have a doctor to go to. And if I did, I wouldn't go to him/her anyway because they wouldn't give me advice like skipping pills. I got lucky that my old Rx was still valid at the pharmacy. I'm asking for advice, not someone to come give me an exam! ha Thank you all for your advice. I might just stay on track and see what happens!
Posted by fatchunk[/QUOTE]
You're SMRT.

missy68 · September 2010

:headdesk:

baystateapple · September 2010

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[QUOTE]The reason why I came here, and not a doctor, is because I don't have a doctor to go to. And if I did, I wouldn't go to him/her anyway because they wouldn't give me advice like skipping pills. I got lucky that my old Rx was still valid at the pharmacy. I'm asking for advice, not someone to come give me an exam! ha Thank you all for your advice. I might just stay on track and see what happens!
Posted by fatchunk[/QUOTE]

Okay...so your first post was not exactly truthful, since you said that you've been on the pill for years. But now you're saying that you're "lucky" that you could still get your old prescription. Fail.

And btw, my doctor is a fantastic GYN and she gave me advice on skipping a week of the pill, so that I wouldn't get my period the week of the wedding/honeymoon.

You shouldn't go on and off the pill like that. That's what's messing with your system.

sarah0725 · September 2010

It also depends what pill you are using. You have better results with a pill that gives you the same dose of hormone each week, rather than something like Orthotricyclen-lo that is different amounts.

staceytaylor0704 · September 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: PANIC! NEED ADVICE :( : Okay...so your first post was not exactly truthful, since you said that you've been on the pill for years. But now you're saying that you're "lucky" that you could still get your old prescription. Fail. And btw, my doctor is a fantastic GYN and she gave me advice on skipping a week of the pill, so that I wouldn't get my period the week of the wedding/honeymoon. You shouldn't go on and off the pill like that. That's what's messing with your system.
Posted by baystateapple[/QUOTE]

I read her post as "I haven't been on the pill for years"

Night_Sprite · September 2010

Doctors don't let prescriptions exist in limbo for years. I've never seen anything without a year expiration. Even if your doctor is stupid, renewing a prescription without an exam lacks good sense.

fatchunk · September 2010

Oh my. OK, I was on the pill before for 10 years straight. Stopped taking it for a few years recently. Went back to my pharmacy and checked to see if it was still there, and it was. Maybe go back and read again. I said I hadn't been on the pill in years. What is so hard to understand? At what point did I say I was going on and off the pill? You make it sound as if I said I was on for a year, off for 2 months then on again. It was on for 10 years, off for 2-3 years, and now that I'm getting married, I'm on again. There was no point in taking the pill for those 2-3 years.

Why does this site exist anyway? For advice. I'm a single mom that doesn't have insurance so I thought maybe I'd try here first. Most people here are very nice and helpful. But there are a few of you that just cannot wait to pounce on someone the second you get a chance.

AllAboutTheBenjamin · September 2010

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[QUOTE]Oh my. OK, I was on the pill before for 10 years straight. Stopped taking it for a few years recently. Went back to my pharmacy and checked to see if it was still there, and it was. Maybe go back and read again. I said I hadn't been on the pill in years. What is so hard to understand? At what point did I say I was going on and off the pill? You make it sound as if I said I was on for a year, off for 2 months then on again. It was on for 10 years, off for 2-3 years, and now that I'm getting married, I'm on again. There was no point in taking the pill for those 2-3 years. Why does this site exist anyway? For advice. I'm a single mom that doesn't have insurance so I thought maybe I'd try here first. Most people here are very nice and helpful. But there are a few of you that just cannot wait to pounce on someone the second you get a chance.
Posted by fatchunk[/QUOTE]

Trust me on this. You really, really don't want to go there on this board.

I'm not a single mom but before I had my own insurance I went to a women's clinic for my birth control. Good for you that your prescription was still good - and you've gotten plenty of good advice here - but still, you should go and get checked out and ask your questions to at least a public health nurse. If there's a women's clinic or a Planned Parenthood around where you live, they offer exams for cheap and often times, birth control for a reduced rate.

JennaV26 · September 2010

I was so stressed out the month before my wedding that mine came two weeks early. Sucks. I just started a new pack and stopped a week early so I wouldn't end up on it during the wedding.

You can skip the sugar pills and jump to your next pack but whenever I've done that I've always spotted which isn't much fun either. Periods suck. Anyone watch 30 Rock? "We're so close to beating that thing completely."

meganyani · September 2010

Ok.

If you wanted to use the pill to skip your period, you should've started taking it farther in advance of the time you wanted to skip. A PP is right, if your body is not acclimated to it, skipping the placebos might not necessarily work in avoiding your period.

I personally think there is nothing wrong with skipping seeing as your period is induced when you're on pills anyways. There isn't much reason to have one, hey.

And yes, I will be skipping since it is set to start when I leave for my honeymoon!

All in all: you can try to skip but it might not work if you've only been on for a month and already have bleeding at the wrong time. I suggest you see a doctor for the latter.

betrothed123 · September 2010

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[QUOTE]Oh my. OK, I was on the pill before for 10 years straight. Stopped taking it for a few years recently. Went back to my pharmacy and checked to see if it was still there, and it was. Maybe go back and read again. I said I hadn't been on the pill in years. What is so hard to understand? At what point did I say I was going on and off the pill? You make it sound as if I said I was on for a year, off for 2 months then on again. It was on for 10 years, off for 2-3 years, and now that I'm getting married, I'm on again. There was no point in taking the pill for those 2-3 years. Why does this site exist anyway? For advice. I'm a single mom that doesn't have insurance so I thought maybe I'd try here first. Most people here are very nice and helpful. But there are a few of you that just cannot wait to pounce on someone the second you get a chance.
Posted by fatchunk[/QUOTE]
I'm leaving the first part of this alone.

No this site does not exist for advice. It exists to make the knot money.

How can you be so irresponsible as to have a child but no insurance? That disgusts me. What if you child were to get sick? Would you come here and ask about that too?

loop0406 · September 2010

I skipped a week before and made my cycle screwed up and I bleed more when it came again

[Deleted User] · September 2010

How did you get a prescription without a doctor? What I mean is, no pharmcy I've ever gone to will give me birth control without a yearly visit to the OB-GYN. If a prescription is older than a year, even if I have refills still available, they wont fill it until I go to the doc.

But since you just started, I dn't think skipping the sugar pills will do anything. Your body isn't used to them so it might end up throwing your cycle all out of whack. I'd just stick with the pills as they should be taken. I had my period on my wedding day, it was no big deal.

missy68 · September 2010

Would you stop any female on the street and ask her for advice on BCP? That's in essence what you're doing here.

I even asked my pharmacist, and she wouldn't give me a straight answer, BECAUSE SHE ISN'T QUALIFIED to give medical advice like that. Based on what you've said, I'm on a totally different kind, and couldn't give you that advice even if I wanted to.
Call the Planned Parenthood clinic - ask them for advice.

Sure, the answer's out there; will it work for you? Who knows. Especially if you haven't had regular gynecological workups. It will take your body time to get used to the pill again. This isn't rocket science; read the insert.

AllAboutTheBenjamin · September 2010

We only advise you to ask a doctor (and to get checked out) because not all women should necessarily be on birth control due to whatever circumstance - there is some risk involved and even though you've been on it before for a long time no problem, you were off for a while, and you started up again without seeing a doctor first - and really, you should. Just looking out for you here.

shellydiane820 · September 2010

Gross. I wish I didn't open this thread.

dmiller9274 · September 2010

I like Betrothed, that's all I have to add

TheCranberry · September 2010

You should try to go to Planned Parenthood or a free or low-cost clinic for an exam and/or advice. There could be any number of reasons your period came early. As PP said, a doctor WILL give you advice about skipping the placebo pills to avoid getting your period. Some BCP may be better at accomplishing this than others depending on the hormones and the level of hormones in the pill so the doctor will be able to tell you that as well. Well woman care is very important, and your town/city may have places that you can visit to get advice and care.

To the poster who thinks OP is "irresponsible" for not having health insurance: unfortunately in this country it is not always affordable for people (even those with children) to have health insurance even if they need it or want it for their families. It's not fair of you to say that OP is being irresponsible when you don't know her reasons for not having health insurance. Hopefully the US can soon join the rest of the developed world in addressing this issue.

AllAboutTheBenjamin · September 2010

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[QUOTE]You should try to go to Planned Parenthood or a free or low-cost clinic for an exam and/or advice. There could be any number of reasons your period came early. As PP said, a doctor WILL give you advice about skipping the placebo pills to avoid getting your period. Some BCP may be better at accomplishing this than others depending on the hormones and the level of hormones in the pill so the doctor will be able to tell you that as well. Well woman care is very important, and your town/city may have places that you can visit to get advice and care. To the poster who thinks OP is "irresponsible" for not having health insurance: unfortunately in this country it is not always affordable for people (even those with children) to have health insurance even if they need it or want it for their families. It's not fair of you to say that OP is being irresponsible when you don't know her reasons for not having health insurance. Hopefully the US can soon join the rest of the developed world in addressing this issue.
Posted by TheCranberry[/QUOTE]

My women's clinic was actually cheaper than now that I have insurance. Before I was getting free yearly checkups and paid anywhere from 10-15 bucks a month for name brand birth control. Now I pay an insurance co-pay, another bill for what insurance didn't cover for my exam, and roughly 29 bucks a month for generic birth control.

betrothed123 · September 2010

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[QUOTE]To the poster who thinks OP is "irresponsible" for not having health insurance: unfortunately in this country it is not always affordable for people (even those with children) to have health insurance even if they need it or want it for their families. It's not fair of you to say that OP is being irresponsible when you don't know her reasons for not having health insurance. Hopefully the US can soon join the rest of the developed world in addressing this issue.
Posted by TheCranberry[/QUOTE]
Yes it is irresponsible. She should not have had a child if she couldn't cover the costs of care, which include insurance. The only reason to not have health insurance, provided you are employed, is if you don't view it as a priority, which is irresponsible. Even when living paycheck to paycheck, eating ramen noodles 5 times a week I had health insurance because it's a necessity. If OP has anything that is not a necessity she is being irrsponsible to not have health insurance.

JennaV26 · September 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: PANIC! NEED ADVICE :( : Yes it is irresponsible. She should not have had a child if she couldn't cover the costs of care, which include insurance. The only reason to not have health insurance, provided you are employed, is if you don't view it as a priority, which is irresponsible. Even when living paycheck to paycheck, eating ramen noodles 5 times a week I had health insurance because it's a necessity. If OP has anything that is not a necessity she is being irrsponsible to not have health insurance.
Posted by betrothed123[/QUOTE]

AGREED!! I'm unemployed, married to a medical student, living off of savings and we both have insurance. We don't have children but if we did, you'd bet that I'd have insurance for them too.

I'm insensitive to people without insurance because I have many, many friends and family members who work in hospitals and they are never without recent stories about people who come in without health insurance but they still manage to have fake nails, an iPhone and a new Coach bag. Pathetic.

That might not be OP's case but I think some people need to rethink their priorities.

staceytaylor0704 · September 2010

She never said her child does not have insurance, she said SHE does not have insurance. Generally, you can get medicaid or something like that for the child, through the state. I don't understand how a question about birth control turned into ripping fatchunk apart for being irresponsible. Sheez.

Fatchunk, I agree you should go to the planned parenthood clinic and get a checkup, for the sake of your health.
But as far as the original question goes, your body is probably trying to regulate the hormones and what not. If I were you, I'd stay on the days you are supposed to take them, and it will hopefully straighten out by next month.
Skipping is probably going to make your body freak out even more.
I understand you aren't asking for "medical" advice here, just another chick's experience. Its not like you are asking us to diagnose a sickness or something.

[Deleted User] · September 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: PANIC! NEED ADVICE :( : AGREED!! I'm unemployed, married to a medical student, living off of savings and we both have insurance. We don't have children but if we did, you'd bet that I'd have insurance for them too. I'm insensitive to people without insurance because I have many, many friends and family memebers who work in hospitals and they are never without recent stories about people who come in without health insurance but they still manage to have fake nails, an iPhone and a new Coach bag. Pathetic. That might not be OP's case but I think some people need to rethink their priorities.
Posted by JennaV26[/QUOTE]

Well, not everyone is that bad without insurance. My H doesn't have any, and he doesn't have any of that (I'd hope he didn't have fake nails!). He has nothing name brand or expensive, we just can't afford it. If I didn't have my job I wouldn't be able to either. Every place I tried to get coverage through denied me or had a HUGE monthly payment because of a pre-existing condition (cancer).

However, we're working on it. We're cancelling our cable, so that will let him get coverage. It's like $500 extra to add him to my policy here at work. Unreal.

That being said, all children should have coverage. No excuse not to. But fatchunk never sad the kid didn't have any, just that she didn't. My mom didn't have coverage for awhile but my brother and I were under my dad's.

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