Postponement of the period due to vacation
It has happened to many women before: You go on vacation, lie relaxed on the beach and suddenly notice a pulling in your abdomen, which heralds the next period. If you take the pill, such a situation does not have to occur. It can be circumvented with the help of a shift in the period.
What you need:
- One-phase pill
Postponement of menstruation
- If you take a pill that is one of the single-phase supplements, you can postpone it period perform relatively easily. You can recognize the pill by the fact that they are all the same color.
- It is more complicated with a multiphase preparation with different colors. Your gynecologist can explain how to proceed here.
- Many of the package inserts for pills already describe how to proceed if the period is postponed. Often times, it explains how to bring your period forward. Depending on the date you want to avoid, you can skip between one and seven pills so that menstruation begins a maximum of a week earlier and you can enjoy your vacation. After the usual tablet-free break of seven days, start a new pack as usual.
- Plus, with lots of pills you can delay the period. In this case, the tablet-free break does not take place because you have your pill take without a break. You may need another pill for this, so talk to your gynecologist about your plans. This procedure is called the long-term cycle. Here you can go on vacation without thinking about when your menstruation is coming.
No period in the long cycle
- Many women today prefer the long-term cycle because it is how they manage their menstrual period. Other women prefer to have their periods once a month as they view this as a type of cleansing.
- If you travel a lot or play sports, the long cycle may be an alternative for you too.
- In many cases, the women agree with their gynecologist that the pill can be taken for three months without a break and that this leads to a large shift in the period.
- After the three months there is a one-week pill break, during which menstruation takes place. Then you take the pill again for three months.
- But it is also possible that you can achieve an even greater shift by taking the pill for six months or more without interruption. Be sure to discuss this with your gynecologist to see if there is anything against it.
- The long-term cycle is said to be even safer than the normal pill regimen, as the effects on the hormonal cycle are stronger.
- However, especially at the beginning, there may be intermenstrual bleeding until your hormone level has leveled off.
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