Birth Control Help

[kennkenn17]

I am on Trinessa birth control pills. I was wondering if I could use my birth control pills to start my period about a week early, only because my boy friend is coming home from the military the week that I am supposed to start my period and I don't really want this to happen. Any suggestions?

[Anonymouse88]

Not a great idea, but doable.  A better idea might be to start a completely new pack the week before he gets home.  You might bleed a bit from the drop in hormone levels, since you're on a triphasic pill, but you should be bleeding free and protected when he gets home.  If you plan on needing to skip periods, you should consider getting a monophasic pill.  With those, you can just start a new pack after 3 weeks (don't take the reminder pills), and not get your period.  You still need 4 periods/year to reduce cancer risks, but it's pretty convenient.  The period you get on the pill is actually withdrawal bleeding from stopping the hormones, and not a true period.

You should ask your doctor about this time around, and they might tell you to use a backup method of contraception.  

[psychdegree]

I've done it before..for the same reasons. Docs say not to bc it does mess with your hormone levels for the month but If its just one time you should be fine. But Stop the pills a little before the week you want to start bc since its not time it may take a day or so for you to start..at least it did for me..& I dont know how short your periods are