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Moving a Period
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I'm on the pill and as it stands now I always start my period on Saturday which is annoying. I want to move it by one day, so i start on the sunday.
Is it ok for me to start my next packet a day later? Or will this mess up my cycle and leave me open to the risk of pregnancy, as obviously as i'm only 16 I really don't want this. I do use condoms, but the idea of having sex when I know the pill isn't working feels like too much of a risk.
Thanks
Is it ok for me to start my next packet a day later? Or will this mess up my cycle and leave me open to the risk of pregnancy, as obviously as i'm only 16 I really don't want this. I do use condoms, but the idea of having sex when I know the pill isn't working feels like too much of a risk.
Thanks
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I don't understand what you mean. Woudn't that be even worse for messing up the cycle than just taking one a day late?
it would be dangerous to take a break longer than 7 days, it would be dangerous to miss a couple of pills at the end of your packet.
However...If you take one pack (21 days of pills)
then on the 22nd day, instead of starting your break, you take a couple more pills from a fresh packet (Day 22 and 23)
then you take a 7 day break.
Then you get a 3rd packet (Having dismissed packet 2 as there are only 19 pills in it) and start taking the next 21 pills.
That should delay your period by a couple of days and if you are that regular you will get your period on a Monday instead of a Saturday.