Period due on wedding day..

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Haven't been active on Mumsnet for quite a while but knew that usually AIBU was the best place to post to get answers and replies.

I have just figured out that my period will be due on my wedding day

We are looking at TTC again shortly after the big day.

I have regular periods which are pretty much always on time.

I really don't want it to arrive on the morning of my wedding day but also not wanting to go back on any type of contraception which could delay conception after the wedding date.

Has anybody been in the same position? What did you do? Any advice will be much appreciated.
Thank you.

I got some SoftCups so could still consumate but also wanted to conceive so didn't want to use anything hormonal so was stuck really! It was all fine.

Take Norethisterone!

I came on on my honeymoon. Meh. It is what it is. I’m not sure I could be bothered to do much about it...

Talk to your GP - there's a progesterone you can take to stop your period. I took it for my wedding - same bad timing. It was just a case of taking it for a week or so, I think and was fine. I wasn't TTC though - but my memory is that it didn't affect regularity of cycles etc subsequently.

Mine was due on my wedding day. I didn't want to be crippled with cramps and possibly a migraine so the Dr gave me something to delay it, I can't remember what it was called though. I took it for around a week, and my period arrived soon after I finished it, and my cycles were totally as expected after that.

If you do get Northisterone, do a trial run first. My body reacted horribly to it - I had all the pain and discomfort of my period without the bleeding. In the end I stopped taking it just so I could get my period. I looked online and quite a lot of people have reported similar. I wouldn't want to risk taking it for the first time for such an important thing.

@BlueHawaii
Exactly that. I used to take that when I needed to delay a period. Your period starts a couple of days after you stop taking it.

You can take medication to delay your period (my sister took it on holiday). I didn't have sex on my wedding night though, I don't think everyone does. We were too exhausted DH was also drunk as trousers

If you explain to your dr, they can prescribe Norethisterone. Or you can just buy it from an online pharmacy. You take it a few days before your period is due until after your event. It delays your period, and doesnt affect cycles

You can order it online through Boots too if you don’t have time to go to the GP

I had the same predicament - norethisterone and my period came immediately after I stopped taking for our honeymoon.

I've taken it lots and no real side effects but as per what a PP said, trial it before if you can. Easy to buy online and it's around £20 for 30 tablets (20 day's worth). Good luck!

Mine arrived on my wedding day unexpectedly. I had to borrow a tampon from my sister in law! Not the best day to be wearing white, but honestly it was absolutely fine.

We didn’t have sex that night or, I suppose, the next few. I can’t remember now. It was 7 years ago! All fine though, and I conceived about 6 weeks later.

I’m not gung-ho about taking hormones as they really screw with me emotionally and physically- I have had hugely delayed cycles after taking them for a short time. So, I probably wouldn’t bother, especially if conceiving is important to you.

Or, I suppose, get pregnant shortly before and then you won’t have to worry about it!

Northeristerone... But don't take it to prevent the period that's due on your wedding day, as you may still get side effects that pp have mentioned.

If your usually regular and delay your period a cycle or two earlier then it will knock your cycle the following month back too, which will then mean your not due on for the wedding.

Yep, had mine, wasn't heavy but still not ideal, wouldn't normally risk wearing white and being centre of attention whilst I was on!! But it was fine, didn't consummate till honeymoon but we had lots of other fun on the wedding night

I took Northisterone in the lead up to my holiday. I stopped taking it about two weeks before and came on a week before we went away.

I was due my period on my wedding day (nearly thirty years ago now). I went to the GP and was given some tablets to delay it, can’t remember what they were. I wasn’t on any oral contraception, I had a coil fitted at the time. I’m pretty sure my periods returned to normal afterwards.

I took norethisterone for my wedding and honeymoon. I have endometriosis and adenomyosis and so my period would have ruined the day. I had cramps and bloating for the first 4/5 days of taking it but it did the job. I took it for over 2 weeks and when I stopped, the bleeding started 3 days after like clockwork. Unfortunately, it caused headaches for a month and I gained a stone in the 2 weeks of taking it!! Never felt so hungry in my life. It's also taken a while for my periods to go back to normal and my hormones to readjust.

Got mine during our honeymoon and it lasted a week!! Not great or ideal but it happened. Jaydess coil was the bane of my life.

FWIW my husband and I passed out asleep we were so exhausted at the end of our wedding day!! I think we may have had sex at about 3am but then our son woke up and ended up in bed with us not long after 🤷🏻‍♀️

Life likes to get in the way!

I had exactly the same experience as @Glitterblue, all sorted with GP, put it back a week. Cycle back to normal straight away and conceived quickly after. Have an amazing day!

I agree with Take Norethisterone.

But I also agree that if you have time take it early to kick your cycle out by 10 days or so.

I was fine taking it but the period I had afterwards was a fucker.

Thank you all for your replies. I'll speak to my GP about Norethisterone and ask questions about TTC shortly afterwards etc
Thanks again

I was due on my wedding day. I took some birth control to delay it but I should have just let it come. Was terribly bloated on the day