a thread about periods and pills that is
Just a basic question that has probably been asked before but I can't be arsed to browse I just need a straightfoward answer

I'm on microgynon30
I've never ran two packs of my pills together, I know you can and I'm considering doing this
Should I expect any effects? Like will I be more hormonal? Will the following period be heavier and hurt like hell? Should I expect spotting?
Is missing one period a bad thing? Is it worth it?

I have no idea, sorry, but I want these answers too.

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i know people who did that and they were fine - i guess it may depend on our own body - how is it with periods normally?

one of my friends did this thing where she'd take only some of the pack some months - so she only got a small period. i dunno about doing that like - does anyone else do this?

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taking only some of the pack sounds like it would get complicated though, I imagine there'd be alot of mixed pills and confusion.

I used to have a light and short period but over the past few months its become slightly heavier, starts a day later and lasts two days longer. I'm worried running the pack together will make it worse.

I should explain I want to do this because I see my boyfriend next week, I will not see him for another month and a half after that and I do not want to be prevented from having sex because of my period.
And he generally faints/pukes at the sight of blood so no period sex before anyone suggests it

I used to be on Ovranette, which I'm told is chemically identical to Microgynon, and I never had any noticeable problems when/after running two packs together. But if I was slightly late with a pill (i.e. taking one later in the day rather than first thing in the morning as usual) I might have gotten a little bit of spotting but nothing substantial. As long as you're disciplined about taking them at the usual time, you should be fine. And the period afterwards, for me, was no different from normal.

nogginthenog: I'd warn against messing about with the pill too much, such as taking only half a pack to bring on an early period, or going on and off the pill randomly. I had a bit of a scare after thoroughly messing with my pill calendar, when a big lump of fleshy lining came out of me with my period and I freaked out. It might not have been connected, but it was still alarming. I can't remember for sure who it was on KR that said this to me at the time, I think it might have been Skyy, but it was the best advice re the pill that I had ever received: "the pill is a godsend - treat it as such". I remembered that to this day. Even if you suffer from no ill effects, it just gets messy and complicated if you muck about with it, and you'll never quite know if you're protected.

But running packs together is absolutely fine, and as long as it's done by the book there should be no worries.