Skipping Period on Birth Control?

I am going out of town for a few days and these days are going to overlap with the last two days of my period.

I would really like to either skip my period this month or start it a few days early.

I take Generesse, which is the same thing as Loestrin 24 fe (24 active pills, all the same, 4 inactive).

So, my question is--could I
A. Start my inactive pills 3 days early and then the next pack respectively early after the 4 inactives. This way I have my period but it will be over before my trip.

OR

B. Skip the inactives and go straight to my new pack

A would be preferable. Would this work to change my period schedule and would my BC still be effective?

I will of course confirm things with my doctor, just looking to here if either of these options have worked for anyone else.

2011-09-18T10:46:45Z

I was just thinking of starting early so that I could know my period would be out of the way and not have to wonder if skipping the inactives and going to a new pack would work or not. Makes sense though that doing that could make things irregular and risky.

Anonymous2011-09-18T10:33:50Z

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B. Skip the inactives and go straight to a new pill pack. This is what doctors advise.

You should never skip the active pills. Why do you think this is preferable? It's not.

It will confuse your body and you can end out with irregular periods and breakthrough bleeding, in addition, you could end out ovulating. You don't need to experience a period each month, when you're on birth control, your periods are essentially fake.

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Jess2011-09-18T10:30:29Z

I only know that B would work because I have done it before. Not sure if A would. Ask your doctor~~!

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Anonymous2014-11-06T21:31:09Z

very confusing subject. query into google or bing. that will help!

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