How do fiancées/brides deal with this? Naturally a woman is going to eschew sex during her period–and for more reasons than I (the totally ignorant virgin) could ever think of. But when two lovers set their wedding date they’re naturally going to want to accommodate her period and avoid/target her fertile time (depending on whether or not they want kids). How does a woman allow for this? 
I know brides who, with their doctor’s advice, use oral contraceptives to shift the week of their period.
I also know couples who don’t let a period slow 'em down.
The easiest thing to do would be to make sure that the bride is on birth control pills at the time of her wedding. All that the bride would need to do is make sure that if the wedding falls during the week that she’d normally take the sugar pills (which allow her period to take place), she just starts the new pill pack rather than take the sugar pills for a week and forgoes her period for that month. No biggie.
My wife’s bill was arriving on our wedding night. Didn’t stop us.
There’s no medical reason to avoid sex during a woman’s menstrual period. A strategically placed towel will keep the sheets clean if that’s a worry.
No, the big problem would be having your period on the one day in your life when you absolutely have to wear white! 
Thanks for the info. I knew nothing about it at all. 
Originally posted by Flodnak
Jeg taler ikke norsk. 
My wife can tell you what dates she’ll be menstruating in 2014 (or so she’ll have me believe). Planning our wedding around that particular “blessing” was a snap. I was dubious at first, having set the date 14 months before the event, but, as predicted, her monthly cycle started the day we got home from our honeymoon.
Not necessarily a reasonable assumption. Nothing about menstruation is an absolute contra-indication to sex. Some women claim it’s the only thing that helps their cramps.
QtM
Originally posted by Survey:
Survey, just hope she never reads More of the Straight Dope, in which Cecil mentions the tendency of women who have some contact with each other–classmates, co-workers, etc.–to synchronize their periods. (Or maybe your wife is wise to this and controls the situation so she can calculate her period to a hair! (If so, to me…)
I can tell my period nearly exact the day,
1 or 2 days differense.
So, I counted for not having it on Montfort’s
and my wedding night.
But, then again I have no problem having sex when I have it.
I have taken steps to shift mine, it was just a little too close for my comfort. Except for the wearing white, I wasn’t worried, if the sheets are a worry the shower is always an option!
And this is why, exactly?
Having a period during the wedding night might take some working around, but is fine. It would suck to have your period on your wedding DAY, when you need to fit into a dress, be photographed, and deal with lots and lots of people and logistics.
Well, I’ll tell ya: I did the two packs back-to-back thing with my birth control pills in order to prevent my period on my wedding day. Due to the overwhelming, stubborn ickiness of periods in general, mine wasn’t put off by such piffling concerns as extra hormones and two weeks of unrelenting stress. No, mine soldiered right on through, determined to arrive on schedule. Nevermind that I was wearing a fluffy petticoat and the wedding gown of my dreams, and had to be in it 5 hours before the ceremony even started. When your gown takes up as much space as mine did, fitting into the smaller-than-standard toilet stall in the ladies’ room at church is some trick.
But you know what? It was still such a happy, beautiful day. I loved every minute, from joyful beginning to sexy end. Neither me or my husband “naturally” eschewed anything on our night. Mmmm. No indeed.
I’d personally advise against this. I just tried this “trick” last month. Bleeding was only delayed by a couple of days and though it was extremely light for a few days after that, I then started bleeding heavily for the remainder of those 3 weeks of active pills right up through now. I’d rather schedule my wedding around when my period’s expected than to ever mess with my cycle like that again. It’s the week of my inactive pills again, so naturally I’m still bleeding. Let’s just hope things get back to normal when I start the active ones again.
Jeg elsker dig, Thomas
While some women won’t have sex during their period–I have one friend who is like that–most don’t have a problem with it. It’s mostly just to avoid having to deal with tampons/pads, bloating, and generally feeling icky that a lot of women try to not have their period during their wedding. The birth control pill method is quite popular.
Just as soon as the High Holidays are over… ;j
I have tried the pack to pack thing, didn’t work, this is what I was told would work. Move your period by one day every month. It takes some planning ahead, but apparently it works better.
I picked my wedding day 10 months prior to it and never even thought about my period. 6 months before I finally counted it out and realized it would start the night before. My doc told me to drop one pill off of each of the next six months which would move it up by six days. It worked out great and there were no problems otherwise.
I can see why you wouldn’t WANT yur period for the wedding night. I mean, I’m sure most of us would just suffer and soldier on (;)) but it’s still LESS pleasant.
Let’s not forget the honeymoon, for those who take them. Even if sex isn’t an issue, who wants to be messing with feminine products on the beach or camping or on a cruise or wherever you choose to vacation? It’s further impetus to not get your little monthly friend around nuptual time.