Women can delay or prevent their period using medication such as birth control, but may experience side effects such as spotting. Skipping the hormone-free pills in a birth control pack can delay menstruation, while certain types of birth control can trigger menstruation only a few times a year. Other medications can delay periods for a few days, but should be used under a doctor’s supervision.
It is possible to delay your period for a couple of days or even prevent it from happening altogether for several months. Usually, women who delay their periods can do so without experiencing any negative side effects, however, some women experience side effects such as spotting. Typically, the menstrual cycle is delayed or prevented with the use of medications such as birth control that alter hormone levels in the body.
Many women who already take birth control pills daily have experienced one of the most common ways to delay menstruation. The typical birth control pill schedule adjusts your period to a 28-day cycle using three weeks of pills that contain hormones and one week of pills that contain only trace amounts of hormones or none at all. By skipping week four of hormone-free pills and starting a new pack of pills right away, most women will get the desired effect of a missed period for that month. While most women experience nothing worse than spotting while doing this, it’s important to get a doctor’s or gynecologist’s approval first, because there may be some medical conditions that can be aggravated by using this technique.
A similar but more permanent fix may include taking certain types of birth control pills that are meant to trigger menstruation only a few times a year. Also, birth control injections can affect hormones and prevent menstruation in the long run. With methods like these, however, it can be difficult to tell if an accidental pregnancy has occurred due to a lack of normal menstrual cycles.
For those women without a prescription for birth control pills or who don’t feel comfortable enough to adjust their pill schedule and delay their periods without a doctor’s supervision, other options may exist. Some doctors will prescribe different types of medications that also affect hormones, although these usually have the effect of delaying your period for only a few days rather than the whole month. This can be used to avoid menstruation during a wedding or other important event. Some of the medications that may be prescribed for this use are not meant to be used primarily as a way to delay menstruation and may have other effects on the body. Make sure your doctor is aware of your desire to use the off-label effects of the drug and can safely supervise its use.
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