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Started With Birth Control. Should The Sugar Pills Be Taken Or Start With New Pills?

i am going on vacation with my husband on July 17th. I just started my birth control on the first day of my period on June 19th. I am not sure which of these is better for me to try and avoid getting my period on our week vacation. 1. to not take the sugar pills and just start a new pack of pills to try and prolong when my period comes (but this is just my first month of the pill)... or... 2. will my period just come a week early when my sugar pills start on July 10th? thank you!
Fri, 23 May 2014
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Hello
Thanks for writing to us with your health concern.
It is always much more reliable to postpone a period rather than to prepone one.
SO yes, option 1 is more reliable.
Do not take the sugar pills and just start the new pack of pills.
Make sure , however, that you do not miss any pills , even a single one, it might just cause unwelcome and unpredictable spotting.
All the best
Take care.
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Started With Birth Control. Should The Sugar Pills Be Taken Or Start With New Pills?

Hello Thanks for writing to us with your health concern. It is always much more reliable to postpone a period rather than to prepone one. SO yes, option 1 is more reliable. Do not take the sugar pills and just start the new pack of pills. Make sure , however, that you do not miss any pills , even a single one, it might just cause unwelcome and unpredictable spotting. All the best Take care.