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Please help: I lost my doctor's note
I went to the gyn last week and asked her how I could change the date of my first pill of the month, so that the period won't be arriving on a Friday every time. She told me, I think I remember, and gave me a little note which I might have thrown by accident. I'd be grateful if somebody could confirm what I understood. I don't have the doctor's number (they change with every visit) and I could try to read the instructions in the pack, but they are written in a language I'm just studying so I wouldn't be 100% sure. I'm not sure if such information is mentioned in the pack anyway.
- The first day of the pack is on Wednesday.
- My period starts on the last Friday of the placebo pills.
If I remember correctly:
- I was supposed to finish all the placebo pills of the previous month (since I had already taken a few).
- I am supposed to take all the yellow pills normally this month.
- When I reach the placebo pills week I should start a new pack and take four (this is the part I'm not sure about) yellow pills.
- Then take all the white pills of the previous pack, so that the period comes on a different day.
- Start a whole new pack.
If I remember correctly, she suggested that the first day I start the pack could be on a Monday (unless she meant the first day of the period), so that would mean that when I continue taking the yellow pills of the other pack, instead of taking the placebo ones, I have to take another four yellow pills before I start with the placebo ones, then take the placebo ones.
Have I understood this correctly? I wouldn't want to mess up my hormones or take any risks.
I'll keep looking for the note anyway, but this does make sense, I'd just like someone to confirm it...
Nobody has changed the date of taking the pill?
Can you look it up on the manufacturer's web site?
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If you don't need your BC for conception protection, you can just take the placebo pills (or no pills, the placebos are just place holders so you don't forget to start taking them again) for a few extra days, four if that's what you think she suggested. If you need it for protection, it's a different story and you REALLY need your doctor's advice.
As far as suggesting you take the active pills, we really can't. There are different kinds of pills (monophasic or triphasic, different kinds of hormones, etc.) The instructions change with each one. And since 75%+ of the people on this board live in the US, Canada, UK, or Australia, chances are we haven't taken the same pills as you are taking now.
If your pill is monophasic, ie just one dosage of hormones throughout, you don't even HAVE to take placebo pills or have a "period." It's not technically a period anyways, just withdrawal bleeding. You could take your active pills for months at a time. Triphasic pills are different, skipping "periods" with them is a pain.
Essentially what you have to do here is "skip" your period for 4-5 days, then let it come. Maybe you can google the name of your pills and find some instructions for skipping, then tailor your own plan. But remember that your conception control might not be as effective without having followed the strict instructions you've been given. Have a backup.
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Very logical advices, thank you.
It's a monophasic pill. I googled it and found helpful answers, which were basically what I remembered. So simple, I wonder why I didn't come up with that...
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