Pill to avoid chupat niddah?
22 April, 2007
Question:I’d like to have some help in trying to figure out if I should go on birth control or not. I’m getting married in about 10 weeks. I usually have a regular 30-day cycle, but my period is now a week overdue. I think that now since my period is so late there is more of a risk of a chupas nida and I really don’t want that. I am not on birth control. What do you suggest I do? When is the latest I could start birth control?
Answer:If we understand your case, if you get your period soon and your next two cycles are regular, you may risk a chuppat niddah. If your next cycles are again irregular, the situation could be even tighter. Since avoiding a chuppat niddah is very important to you, we do think you should pursue the option of hormonal regulation. There are two medical approaches: using combined oral contraceptives, or taking progesterone to delay your period.
Please see your physician promptly for advice and please write back with any questions. It may prove helpful to direct your physician to the section of our website designed for medical professionals, Jewish Women’s Health or to print out the relevant articles from that site to show to him or her.
This internet service does not preclude, override or replace the psak of any rabbinical authority. It is the responsibility of the questioner to inform us of any previous consultation or ruling. As even slight variation in circumstances may have Halachic consequences, views expressed concerning one case may not be applied to other, seemingly similar cases. All health and health-related information contained within Nishmat's Women's Health & Halacha Web site is intended to be general in nature and should not be used as a substitute for consulting with your health care professional. The advice is intended to offer a basis for individuals to discuss their medical condition with their health care provider but not individual advice. Although every effort is made to ensure that the material within Nishmat's Women's Health & Halacha Web site is accurate and timely, it is provided for the convenience of the Web site user but should not be considered official. Advice for actual medical practice should be obtained from a licensed health care professional.
For further questions or comments:
The Nishmat Women's Health and Halacha Site is a public service of Nishmat, The Jeanie Schottenstein Center for Advanced Torah Study for Women. This project and others like it are made possible by contributions from people like you. If you have benefited from the service, and wish to enable us to help others, click here to donate.
Users of Internet filtering services: This site discusses sensitive subjects that some services filter without visual indication. A page that appears 100% complete might actually be missing critical Jewish-law or medical information. To ensure that you view the pages accurately, ask the filtering service to whitelist all pages under yoatzot.org.