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[rivetkitten.livejournal.com]

hi, i'm rachael, i'm new. *waves*

i have a question regarding birth control, skipping periods, and spotting. i'm on ortho lo, first off, and tomorrow i'm supposed to start the week of sugar pills. however, at the end of the week (usually when my period is heaviest) i'm going to be seeing my boytoy for the first time in a while, and i don't want to have my period then. i've heard that it's safe to skip a period one month while on the pill by just not taking the sugar pills, and that this could lead to some spotting later in the month. that wouldn't be a problem. the problem is that i've been spotting rather heavily for the past two weeks when i've been taking the pill regularly.
my quetion is, should i skip my period this month and hope for the best? should i take the sugar pills and hope that my period ends before the weekend? should i just forget about even trying, and deal with a less fun time?
thanks in advance!

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[kwokj.livejournal.com]

I would say that since you already spot a fair bit, if you try to skip the sugar pills and go directly to the active pills, you could screw up your cycle big time. You might end up spotting more heavily/having an almost constant period until your next period-on-sugar-pills week is up. I think you'll agree that that may very well suck more.

I recommend against trying to skip you period this time around, but how you deal with it from there, I'm not sure. I'm sure others will chime in with suggestions.