Delaying menstruation is a common practice for people who want to perform Umrah/Hajj, athletes or other interests. Delaying menstruation can also be practiced in people who experience excessive menstruation and other medical conditions. To avoid the risk of decreased fertility due to delayed menstruation, you should avoid delaying menstruation without consulting a doctor. So, how to delay menstruation safely?

Safe Ways to Delay Your Period

Normally, every month women will experience menstruation or menstruation with a certain cycle. However, for several reasons such as plans to participate in competitions, Hajj or Umrah and certain medical conditions, women choose to delay menstruation or temporarily prevent menstruation. In certain medical cases, menstrual delays can also be done to reduce heavy bleeding.

Medically, you can delay your period for a few days, weeks, or indefinitely. The method varies based on how long you want to delay your period, as well as other factors.

Some of the ways you can delay your period include:

Taking birth control pills

Taking birth control pills is one way to delay menstruation. For those of you who have been taking birth control pills, your doctor may recommend this method to delay your period. Birth control pills generally consist of 21 hormone pills with 7 placebo pills. To delay your period, you can take hormone pills instead of placebo pills. This way you can delay your period.

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Taking norethisterone medication

Besides birth control pills, a common way to delay menstruation is by taking the drug norethisterone. This drug is usually given to women who do not take birth control pills. Norethisterone contains the artificial hormone progesterone, which can treat menstrual pain, delay menstruation and prevent pregnancy.

To be able to use norethisterone medication you need a doctor's consultation and prescription. See a doctor immediately if after taking norethisterone pills you experience blood clotting disorders such as coughing up blood, chest pain, rapid heartbeat.

Taking progesterone pills

Unlike combined birth control pills, these progesterone pills do not contain estrogen. It is usually given to people who are allergic to taking estrogen. Estrogen pills work by inhibiting ovulation and thus preventing menstruation. If your doctor recommends progesterone pills, then you need to take the same pill every day at the same time.

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Using the IUD

IUDs, also known as spiral birth control devices, are copper or plastic T-shaped contraceptives that are inserted into the uterus and release progestin hormones. The progestin hormone released can delay the ovulation process thus reducing the duration of menstruation as well as delaying it.

Using a vaginal ring

A vaginal ring is a flexible ring-shaped device that is placed into the vagina. It contains hormones that can prevent pregnancy as well as delay menstruation. To use a vaginal ring as a menstrual delay, you can use it in two ways, namely:

• • Choose a date and make sure you always change the ring on that date. For example, if you put your vaginal ring on the first day of the month, then you should always change the ring on the first day of the month.
  • Wear the ring for 3, 4, or 5 weeks and change the ring on the same day every week. For example, if you put the ring on a Monday, you should change it on Monday every 3, 4, or 5 weeks.

Delaying your period is a safe procedure for both medical and non-medical reasons. In doing so, you should first consult a doctor to get recommendations for safe methods of delaying menstruation. Immediately consult a doctor if you experience serious side effects from delaying menstruation such as heavy bleeding, body fatigue or other complaints.

If you need medical advice or consultation, you can either visit a doctor or make use of the consultation features that are available in the Ai Care application by downloading Ai Care application from the App Store or Play Store.

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