delicate-daughter going on hol and her period is due...

hostertlady

daughter(17) going on hol next week but her period is due and she doesnt want to be on while away.. she is not on the pill or anything but my friends daughter takes eugynon 30 before she goes away and that delays the period for a bit- is this true and how would she take it?
she only uses towels even tho i have given her tampons to try but she doesnt like them!
thanks

Gingham_Ribbon

I'd advise a quick visit to the docs if she's planning to do anything that would stop her periods. Maybe she could try the small, thin tampons?

jamgirl

you can definately get tablets to stop periods but there is a limit as to how close you have to start them.
might be worth seeing if she can get an appt tomorrow with her doc.

Savvy_Sue

I doubt there's anything you can buy OTC so seeing her GP is the only answer. She needs to be aware that it may be too late to start taking anything, and there may be side effects which take a while to settle down. Not something to just leap into, IMO.

Again, may be a bit late, but would a Mooncup be the answer? Huge thread somewhere ...

Ellie2758

is eugynon like the Pill? I assume it is. How long can it delay a period for? I am on holiday in July but I am unable to predict when my period is due as this month it was a week late. It may do the same for the next two months, but who knows? I've got a supply of the mini-pill (progesteron only) cos i gave it up as it made me very grumpy. So, I can choose between grumpy and period-free or happy with gut-ache.

Smashing

A GP can prescribe Norethisterone to delay a period, but it needs to be started a week to 10 days before you're due, although the earlier the better so she'll have to get a wriggle on.

hostertlady

thanks for the responses- doc in the morning it is...

ELLI- yes eugynon is a sort of mini pill..x

silvercar

Norethisterone can be started only 3 days before you are due. TBH it stops the bleeding but you can still get PMT, bloating etc. Take it for longer than 2 weeks and you do risk getting spotting.

Best thing to have done would have been to take it a month before to delay the previous period to a couple of weeks before the holiday.

There are many different pills available, so a visit to the GP should sort her out.

alphahurricane

Take daughter & go to your dr and explain, there is a tablet that holds back periods, you start again after three days from stopping medication, it worked for me.

silvercar

from netdoctor.co.uk:

Norethisterone is a very effective way of delaying a period when it would be inconvenient, and this is especially true at holiday times.

It is taken in a dose of 5mg three times a day starting three days before the period is due, and continued until such time that it becomes convenient again to have that period.

Katyag

I got something from the doctor when i was due my period when i was sitting exams, it then moved my cycle about so it was due on holiday a few months later so he was happy enough to give me it again. Worked well.