Skipping periods

Is it ok to miss out the sugar pills so that I don’t get my period?

YES, it’s perfectly ok to skip the sugar pills and keep taking the hormone pills consecutively. Lots of people do this if they don’t want to have a period. You can do it as a one-off or for 3 months in a row and then take the sugar pills so you have a period. It’s also ok to do it for longer.

However, some people will have breakthrough bleeding when they skip the sugar pills which can be a nuisance as you don’t know when it’s going to happen. For more information, talk to your doctor or sexual health nurse.