With so many things to plan and think about, who has time to think about birth control? A new bride should, especially if she and her husband-to-be want to wait to have children. Who would want to return from a joy-filled honeymoon, only to realize that her period is late! Or worse yet, you are in a foreign country and ran out of your birth control method, now what do you do?
Planning ahead is the best thing to do to avoid such worries and concerns. At least three months before the wedding date, schedule an appointment with your health care provider for a birth control check-up. No one wants to deal with their period during a wedding or honeymoon, and by seeing your health care provider as soon as possible before the wedding, you will have enough time to alter the start date of your period so it will be the last thing on your mind.
You can also make sure that the method you are using now is what you will want to be using during your honeymoon. What would be easier for you? Condoms, a diaphragm, the pill or mini-pill, or maybe the patch or vaginal ring; now is the time to evaluate what you are using and if you want to continue using it. You want to be thinking and talking about this now, not during your honeymoon.
If you are going to use condoms, will you be taking a back-up spermicide with you just incase the condom breaks? If you are going to be using the pill or mini-pill, will you take extra condoms or spermicides with you just incase you get ill and cannot keep the pill down? What would you do if you lost your luggage on the plane trip? Would you have packed your birth control in your luggage or in your carry-on?
When you made the hotel reservations, did you ask about the nearest drug store and what birth control methods, if any, are available there without a prescription? Does the hotel have a gift shop that sells condoms? Is there a pharmacy nearby that your doctor could call in an emergency birth control prescription to, and would the pharmacy accept it and fill it for you?
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