text: skipping periods? i use birth control and i want to skip my next period. i understand how it works....don't take the sugar pills.... but my questions is how many months could i do this without any harm.  do you think it would be ok if i skip my next 2 periods? you can skip them but if your pills change dose weekly (ex. otc-lo) you may end up bleeding for a month, or if your lucky just have some spotting. other pills dont change doses are best for it but still can have spotting. a doctor put my friend who had real bad period problems on the pill 24/7 no more periods ever, but did get unpredictable spotting. the doctor said that it was healthy.  there is going to be a pill on the market soon out that lets you have only once a year. but break-though bleeding is evil and just a bad as a period and with pills that let you skip your period that happens more often then on the reg. pills.