So while visiting my family for a month, I decided to skip the week of sugar pills and my period by starting my next pack of birth control early. I'd heard this would work and thought I'd try it because I didn't want to deal with my period around family and the holidays. But I have been getting the discomfort and pain of being on my period, as well as a little blood, despite taking my pill everyday. Is this normal? Is it possible to intentionally skip a period lol together?