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I realize that this is potentially a very stupid question, but I've been wondering.

Is there anything that would force a monthly period to come earlier? I started wondering because I'm on the Pill, and sometimes when I start my period on the placebo pills is slightly erratic. I normally start on the third placebo, but sometimes I have started on the fourth or second. This depends on factors such as stress for me.

But I started wondering if some external factor like sex would force a period to come earlier. The reason I'm thinking about it is because my boyfriend is supposed to come over this weekend and I'll be starting the placebos. I could skip but I already skipped a couple months ago and my gyno told me in my specific case it's only safe to skip three times a year, so I don't want to get into the habit too much, and I don't want to burn though pills more quickly if I don't have to.

Yeah, I don't think there is much you can do. I don't think sex would do it. Some people have sex every night, but that doesn't mean their period gets brought on every night! xp


I don't know if that's true. Mine doesn't usually stop, and I have to put a towel under myself if I have sex during my period.


And that one's definitely not true, at least not for me. And I don't see why it would be true. The water is outside your body. And I don't think your period knows it's there or anything. And even if it did know it was there, I don't see why it would care. But I know mine definitely does not stop when I shower. I see blood flowing down my leg on my heavy days. xp My guess would be that some people think it stops just because the blood can get so watered down that they might not notice it.

Mine stops when I have a bath/shower, or when I go swimming.
It doesn't stop when I'm having sex though; then I need to either have a towel under me or something like a towel nearby to wash off after.