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Period delaying pills

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carrottop23 · 09/06/2024 21:37

I need some for my summer holiday but I've never taken them before so I'm a bit uncertain about what to do.

It says to start taking them 3 days before period is due but my cycle can sometimes be a bit irregular so how would I know when to start?

Also the 30 x pill packet at 3 a day would only take me to the second last day of my holiday. Would it be likely to start the day after I stop taking them? Really confused on the timings more than anything.

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Wontubemysweetheart · 09/06/2024 21:49

Op my periods are abit out of schedule but so far by sticking to the instructions ive been fine and they've worked. Calculate when you would expect your period as best you can (I usually write all my dates down and then try to track a pattern) and then take the tablets accordingly. I usually stop taking them two days before my holiday is due to end and then usually on the 3rd day my period comes. But it could be different for you. Read the leaflet well and stick to the instructions only. Obviously if your periods are really out of sync I would speak to the chemist and ask them how much more early on you can take them.

Operation2024 · 09/06/2024 21:48

I have been experiencing lots of breakthrough bleeding so it’s unpredictable. I can take these on morning I experience this and it’s stopped by lunch time. I recently took them for a holiday. No side effects at all. I would speak to doctor as I was given several 30 x pill packet.

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carrottop23 · 09/06/2024 21:47

dementedpixie · 09/06/2024 21:45

Just start taking them a few days before you think it might be due. Period should start 2-3 days after stopping them.

What I mean is does it strictly have to be 3 days before I'm meant to start or would it still work if it was 1 or 2 days before it was due. My cycle can sometimes be out by a few days so it's hard to know.

And say if it came really early and my period starts is it too late by that point to begin taking them?

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dementedpixie · 09/06/2024 21:45

Just start taking them a few days before you think it might be due. Period should start 2-3 days after stopping them.

ExtraOnions · 09/06/2024 21:44

My daughter used to take these when she went on primary school trips (started her periods at 9). Worked really well

Garlicker · 09/06/2024 21:43

Just looked these up. It says you can take them for 3 or 4 months continuously.

Start 25 days after the beginning of your last period. [edited for bad arithmetic]

Though I don't know why you don't use a contraceptive pill - only one a day?

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 09/06/2024 21:38

I took them for an event recently. They made me really uncomfortable so I took one the morning of the event and then stopped. I started bleeding the next day.