Skipping/delaying period

[Morgs0]

My boyfriend and I are long distance and our one year is coming up, however the week that I was planning on visiting him, I will be on my period. It's not something that I really want to deal with on our one year anniversary, so I was wanting to either skip or delay my period. I am on Ortho-Tri-Cyclen, which is a triphasic pill. I have tried skipping my period before by just taking a new pack before I started my period, but I had break through bleeding. After doing some research, I found that that isn't the best way to skip your period on a triphasic pill. I found out that in order to at least delay my period by a week, I would take my pack like regular, but when I got to the darker blue pills (week 3) before I start my "sugar pills" (week 4), I get a new pack and take those same dark blue pills instead of starting with the week 1 pills. So it would look something like this: pack 1- take weeks 1,2,3, skip week 4 (the week I should get my period), start pack 2- take week 3. I was wondering if anyone has done this method before and if they were successful? Also, as long as I take my pills at the same time everyday, will I still be protected from pregnancy by doing this?

[Chima7]

It's a lot harder to skip on a triphasic because of the varying hormones each week. And the only way it might work is to take them out of order. However, this usually has a high failure rate and results in breakthrough bleeding anyway. It's a lot more successful to skip while on a monophasic pill.

You can give it a try taking them the way you said, but don't be surprised if it doesn't work and you end up with breakthrough bleeding.

You should still be protected from pregnancy because you're still taking active pills so that shouldn't be an issue. But I'd definitely pack pads and/or tampons just in case so you're prepared.