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Worried I'll be on my period on honeymoon but we will be trying to get pregnant

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Tigger14 · 10/01/2021 16:57

I'll be coming off the pill 3months before our wedding to get the pill out of my system and have the first dreaded period over with. We want to start trying for a family once we are married however I'm scared I'll be on my period whilst on my honeymoon..and that wont be romantic....is there anything I can do to prevent this?

The honeymoon is booked and I dont know what my cycles will be after 10 years on the pill

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Limegreentangerine · 10/01/2021 16:59

Hi !
I did this for my wedding day! You can order pills that delay your period online! From super drug ( if you are in Uk) I wasn’t on the pill at the time and they worked exactly how they should :) hope that helps!

Crunchymum · 10/01/2021 17:03

If you want to guarantee no period, stay on the pill until after the wedding.

3 months won't make too much difference.

MotherWol · 10/01/2021 17:03

Come off the pill a month or two sooner?

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MrsPinkCock · 10/01/2021 17:04

Norethisterone is your friend. You can get it online.

TechnoDino · 10/01/2021 17:09

Stay on the pill until after your honeymoon, and take 2 packs without a break if you need to to delay your period. If you don’t want to wait, then you’ll need to prioritise natual cycles over ‘romance’.
Norethisterone will work to stop your period, but it will screw up your cycle and ttc for at least a month, so you may as well stay on the pill. You can ttc as soon as you stop the pill, you don’t need to wait 3 months. Just start taking folic acid and any other supplements for a while before you stop it.

Elieza · 10/01/2021 17:18

The thing to remember is that after years of the pill, you will have no clue when your first period will come. And indeed subsequent periods.

I’d stay on the pill and delay getting pregnant. I’d not want to risk unexpected cramps, a horrific period in a white dress on a special day, followed by a week more of it on honeymoon!

Sod that. I’d stay on the pill, as pp have said take two packs back to back if needs be for a drama free day, and enjoy the wedding and honeymoon.

Does your fiancé know you plan to try for a baby right away, is this something he knows about?

Original poster
Tigger14 · 10/01/2021 17:37

Oohhh really?pleased I'm not the only one!! What were they called? Yes I am based in the uk

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MotherOfCrocodiles · 10/01/2021 17:41

Don't accidentally get pg before your wedding! You could end up with sickness spending half your wedding day crying into the loo! I'd stay on the pill til after the wedding. No real reason you can't get pg as soon as you stop taking it.

SazCat · 10/01/2021 17:41

I'd just stay on the pill till your honeymoon. I came off mine towards the end of our holiday, I didn't want to risk coming on straight away.

Like PP have said, 3 months in the scheme of TTC isn't long, and you might find you have irregular, esp heavy periods or bad pains at the start while your body is readjusting. You don't really want to be suffering on your wedding day!

Itstheprinciple · 10/01/2021 17:41

Definitely stay on pill until you're back from honeymoon. You don't really want your period on your wedding day either ideally as it's just another thing to think about. Taking the tablets to delay your period will just mess up your cycle again so you'll be back to square one anyway.

NerrSnerr · 10/01/2021 17:43

Some people get horrendous side effects with Norethisterone. If you really want to try to conceive earlier you'll have to risk your period, if having period on honeymoon is completely not acceptable than stay on the pill.

Bettina500 · 10/01/2021 17:45

I agree stay on the pill and come off it once you're back. My personal experience was that my cycles and fertility returned as soon as I stopped taking it. Different for everyone of course but you don't need to assume you need months off it to get your cycles back in order.

BobVance · 10/01/2021 17:47

OP I had been on the pill for >10yrs when we got married and like you wanted to start trying straight away but I didn’t want to have a period on honeymoon. I ended up staying on the pill over the three week honeymoon, stopped taking it when I got home and got pregnant 6 weeks later. Of course this won’t happen for everyone but it is possible. I suppose it depends on whether you anticipate any issues with TTC? eg age or any health issues?

Scaredykittycat · 10/01/2021 17:47

You only need to wait one month to come off the pill before ttc to have one natural period to help dating. And that’s only if you want to. There is nothing stoppibg you taking your last pill 2 weeks before your wedding, having your withdrawal bleed and trying immediately after you’ve finished bleeding.

believeinblue · 10/01/2021 17:51

You really don't need to get the pill "out of your system" it's a bit of a myth, you are actually very fertile coming off the pill, I fell pregnant first cycle. The tablets to delay your period are essentially the same as the pill anyway, and for me they screw up my cycle. I would just stick to the pill as it gives you predictability.

Rainb0wDrops · 10/01/2021 18:03

Agree it's best to just stay on the pill. I've got pregnant twice and both times was within 2 months of coming off the pill.

Gooseygoosey12345 · 10/01/2021 18:03

Take your pill til after your honeymoon, it's not worth risking bleeding all over your dress! If it makes you feel better I fell pregnant after coming off the pill without even having a period in between!

garlictwist · 10/01/2021 18:04

When I came off the pill i didn't have a period for 18 months.

toastfiend · 10/01/2021 18:09

I'd stay on the pill until after your wedding if you want to guarantee that you won't have a period on your honeymoon, tbh. Time wise, it won't make much difference, and I wouldn't want to take Norehisterone for the first time for my wedding/honeymoon in case of side effects.

No guarantee your period will come straight back, though, I suppose. Mine took a year to return after I came off the pill. Nothing wrong (had all the tests), just one of those things, but I appreciate it is very unusual. On balance, though, I'd still wait until after your wedding. As others have said, you don't need to wait 3 months after coming off the pill before ttc.

CodenameVillanelle · 10/01/2021 18:11

Don't take any additional hormones to delay your period as that could really fuck your cycle and hormones. Just stay on the pill until after the honeymoon.

AliasGrape · 10/01/2021 18:12

Just take the pill till you're home from honeymoon, a couple of months really won't make that much difference and at least you can have some.control over things.

I was 8 weeks pregnant at my wedding. Wed been trying for years by that point so I was just so thrilled I didn't really care about the perfect wedding or ruining some romantic ideal of a honeymoon. But if I'd had time on my side which I'm assuming you do then I'd have arranged things differently - I actually had quite a lot of early bleeding in my pregnancy so was very stressed and felt quite rough which took the edge off the wedding and honeymoon although they were still lovely

Figgygal · 10/01/2021 18:14

Stop pill but use condoms if you don’t want to be pregnant on honeymoon. If the issue is just period yes there’s pills you can get which delay periods i used it for a trip to Borneo didn’t want that to deal with on such a special holiday

helpmum2003 · 10/01/2021 18:17

I agree stay on the pill until after your honeymoon. Norethisterone is a progesterone type hormone that is actually found in some pills anyway. If you've been on your pill for a while and it suits you why risk that predictably? Norethisterone when taken alone is used at a higher dose so you're more likely to get side effects...

Makingnumber2 · 10/01/2021 18:18

Pretty sure it's a myth that the pill stays in your system if you're on one that you take a break from every month. There's a reason you have to take them daily....

CodenameVillanelle · 10/01/2021 18:21

I got pregnant the month after coming off the pill.