I'm on the pill and i want to skip my period. I'm going away with my boyfriend next week and I'm meant to have my period so y'know. Is it really that bad if you just do it once? Does it fuck up your cycle? I've never skipped it before and I'm just wondering.

I dunno but I do it ALL the time.

Not that bad. Its not a good idea to do it all the time but once in a while is fine. You might get breakthrough bleeding though.

I don't know about the health implications, but keep in mind that alot of women do it. And alot of women are advised by doctors to do it as part of certain medical treatments. So it can't be that bad. I know someone who takes a pill to prevent her period every time she goes on vacation. But apparantly some doctors believe that skipping your period on more than one occasion is dangerous. As long as it's just this once, I don't think you have anything to worry about.

There is absolutely NO health risk to skipping your period. The only slight downside is you *may* get breakthrough bleeding towards the end of your next pill packet. I am actually told by my doctor to tricycle (take three packets back to back) of my pills because I get period induced asthma. We have far too many periods nowadays (about 400 as compared to 40 for most of human history) and some women have this weird obsession that if they don't bleed monthly *terrible things will happen*. There isn't actually anything terrible than can happen from skipping a period- blood doesn't build up in you, semen doesn't build up in you, you don't get some weird infection inside, its absolutely fine.