Can You Start Birth Control Pills Before You Are on Your Period?

She should call the DR or Planned Parenthood or whoever prescribed them to her and ask. If they are closed then call the 24 hour advice line. Your daughter should have gotten all this information along with her pills. If she got them directly from a pharmacy then she should talk to the pharmacist.

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You and your daughter need to talk with the doctor who prescribed the birth control pills. She is messing with her body by putting a false chemical in it. If she doesn't follow the directions and take them according to the directions? She could be messing her body up for life.

As to whether she'll have her period or not? Most likely she'll get breakthrough bleeding since she didn't follow the directions. I was a cheerleader too. She needs to wear pads and a tampon that is appropriate for her bleeding during her periods. She CANNOT continue to use birth control to change her period timing for her convenience.

BE THE PARENT!

Another resource for this question is the leaflet that comes in the pill package.

I also suggest you call the advice nurse.

When I started using bc pills, the doctor said to use another form of birth control at first. I don't remember for how long. I doubt she'll miss her period. The hormones haven't been in her body long enough to make a change. I suggest if the pills stop her period there could be medical difficulty. She has ovulated. Bcause her uterus has prepared for the possibility of pregnancy the lining is thicker than it would be if she'd been taking the pill for a month.

Then again, if her period is delayed, perhaps she could stop taking the pill, she would have a period.

What I'm saying is that it's important to get medical advice if she wants to vary from what the doctor said to do. Always check with the doctor before doing anything that differs from his instruction.

Your best bet is to ask the Dr where you got the RX for the pill so she knows and learns how to use them correctly. The nurse line at that office can most likely answer your question efficiently.

We are not Dr's, we do not know your daughter's (or your) medical history. Our answers are only best guesses from our personal experiences. Everyone is different!!

I wouldn't mess with a best guess in preventing pregnancy if I didn't want to be pregnant!!!

how old is your daughter? WHY is she on birth control pills?

Obviously, she's not mature enough to be using them if she believes that taking them early will stop her period from happening. Maybe you need to re-think this?

Glad you got your answer from a trained source (the pharmacist), which is good.

But I am concerned that your daughter thinks it's okay to fool around with medication, and that she seems to think taking a pill is like pushing the Magic Period Button to make her life more convenient. You don't say how long she's had the pills without taking them. Perhaps she was just waiting for her period, but if she's been sitting on them for longer than that, it's good to remember that kids conveniently forget things when their lives and friends and summer activities take precedence. It's typical teen behavior, but it's not conducive to regular use of medications.

I'm also concerned that, if she has so little info from the doctor (or got it but ignored it), she may not have listened to much else about pregnancy prevention, sexually transmitted disease prevention, and more. If she hasn't already, please make sure that she spends some time in the doctor's exam room with you not there at all, so that she has a relationship with the nurse and the doctor both. It allows them to all focus only on each other, and it gives the medical professionals an idea of whether your daughter is actually listening to and retaining the info. It lets your daughter know that she needs to step up and be more responsible, and gives her a certain amount of privacy. If she's a minor, which it sounds like she is, you're still entitled to most of the information exchanged, but it's good for all if you are not there as a distraction or as her excuse for not paying attention "because Mom was there."

Please make sure she has, and uses, the number for that office and that she knows she can and should call the nurse with questions that can be answered over the phone without an appointment or a cost.

Taking it right before your period won't stop your period so that was pointless.

Okay I understand waiting to start them until the Sunday after your next period....same thing I was told when I started them many moons ago. (With back up birth control for a month or two or three....I can't remember but I do know they were not to be relied on that first month).

However, starting them NOW with her period getting ready to start will probably not keep it from happening....it will interfere with it and try to keep it from starting....it could cause MAJOR cramping because her body is trying to start her period and the hormones are telling her body not to start...there would more than likely be break through bleeding or a full period....but who knows, I personally wouldn't mess with it while just starting the pill in the first place.

Later on once her body has adjusted to being on the pill you can skip the last row which are sugar pills that allow your period to happen each month. And not have a period that month....my doctor suggested I not do that for too many months in a row (can't remember now how many....but I was to say more than three).

I think she is playing with fire starting them early....having really bad cramps might be worse than having her period at competition. Good luck, let us know how it worked out.

Wait... how did *you* get B/C for your daughter? Shouldn't that have been a conversation between your daughter and the doctor?

If she is having unprotected sex (which is crazy at her age, b/c does not prevent against HPV or any other STIs), she needs to be seen directly by a gyn and to get consult/education with them.

If she isn't willing to tolerate a period on her cheer competition day, she maybe shouldn't be having sex because, damn, babies are a hell of a lot more inconvenient. NO, you don't mess with your meds like that!

For what it's worth, b/c is to be used with respect to ones body cycles and *in conjunction* with them. Teach your daughter this. Birth controls do not 'do away' with periods. Please, educate yourselves. Understanding how one's reproductive system works and how to keep it healthy is just as important as any other health system in the body.

FYI...many girls are given birth control by their dermatologist to deal with hormonal acne. Obviously in this case it has nothing to do with being sexually active.