The answer is, it all depends upon your relationship with the pill, the monthly regularity of your cycle and how many months away your wedding date is.
The only way to stop, delay or pause your period (however your want to phrase it) is to start a hormonal regime which will allow you to do so. The most common way is to start 'the pill' (if you're not taking it already) and instead of allowing a bleed to occur during the tablet free days (or sugar pill days), to continue taking the active tablets so that no bleed does occur.
It's important to understand that when you take 'the pill', you do not actually experience a true menstrual cycle. The bleed which happens during the 'sugarpill days' is actually a hormonal withdrawal bleed and not a true period. In fact, many women's health clinics question why so many women taking the pill need to bleed at all, given that it has no actual purpose other than a kind of 'assurance' for the woman who wants to avoid pregnancy.
Many pills are monophasic which means that the active ingredient to prevent pregnancy is delivered in the same dose daily and for mono pills, you can simply keep taking your pill, ignoring the sugar pills, to prevent a bleed.For triphasic pills, the active ingredients vary over the pill regime cycle, so you cannot simply keep taking the active pills to prevent a bleed. If you're already on the pill and want to find out whether your pill is mono or tri phasic, you need to speak with your doctor. It's a good idea to find a women's health clinic and find a doctor you can discuss your bodily plans with - especially when taking hormonal tablets.
If you are already on the pill, skipping a period should be easy for you as your body will have adjusted to the hormonal regime. This means that the common side effects of taking the pill are less likely to bother you. It's a good idea to stop bleeding several months before your wedding so that your body doesn't over respond to missing the sugar pills - this could cause breakthrough bleeding.
If you're not currently on the pill, you need at least 3-4 months to get your body into a regime wherein the benefits of skipping a period can be arrived at, free of side effects. Many common side effects of taking the pill can include: headaches, bloating, breast soreness, weight gain, acne, greasy hair, muscle pain, cramps and diarrhea to name a few. So you can see why getting used to your period free regime is a good idea well before your big day.
You might find that friends and possibly even your doctor will tell you that you don't need to start skipping the sugar pills until the month of your actual wedding date, but I can tell you from my experience of many unhappy bleeding brides, that this is not true. Everyone is different.Some women will be able to skip a period on the first attempt with no issues. Others however, will suffer from breakthrough bleeding, cramps and mood swings. I know from many years of experience that many women have been let down by doctors who advised them that they didn't need to start skipping months ahead.
The months leading up to your wedding can be stressful, so the last thing you need is to add hormonal woes to your list of things to worry about. If you start skipping months before your wedding, its one less thing to deal with when you wedding month arrives. The pill is a medication and it sometimes has certain side effects. You need to discuss these with your doctor in relationship to your own medical history before making any decisions.
To learn more, visit your doctor.
To read more, see this site about calculating your period due date in the future http://www.periodcalculator.net
And this NHS site to read more about using the pill to skip your period
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/830.aspx?CategoryID=60&
