BC - skipping a week?

mrsdarling · July 2010

I know back in the day on TK (holy cow, was that two years ago?!), there was a lot of talk about skipping the placebo week of BCP to avoid being on your period during the wedding/honeymoon.

Did anyone actually end up doing this? I have three vacations coming up, and on my current schedule it'll be That Week during all three trips. Ugh. So I'm debating skipping a week to reset my schedule.

Of course I'll talk to my doctor before making any decisions, but I figured I'd see if anyone here had first-hand experience. TIA!

Amy4773 · July 2010

When I was on BC years ago I did it. I wouldn't say a lot, but I probably did it a couple times a year. Never had any negative effects from it.

sanae78 · July 2010

I did it many times for the same reason - vacations or events. Never had any issues either.

beachbubbles · July 2010

when i was on the pill for endo i never took the placebo pills just back to back pills for years-no problems no periods

SanHawaii08 · July 2010

yup, i did it a few times too. the first time i did, i had some mild cramping and a teensy bit of spotting the week i should have gotten my period, but the latter times i did it were fine - no spotting, etc. i always tried to do it ~2 months before i went on vacation, just to make sure that by the time the event came around that I was planning around, things were "normal" again - but that's probably not necessary!

mrspresley · July 2010

yep i used to do it all the time. you can do it every month but eventually you will have a little bit of break through bleeding/spotting so it's good to do the placebo pills at least every once in a while..........but if you are just wanting to do it once for the vacation then you don't have to worry about that!