Birthcontrol And Pregnancy Posted: 03-23-06 12:35pm
I skipped a day of birthcontrol. If I
got pregnant would continuing to take the
birth control for that month hurt the
baby?
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scrdat20
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 90
Posted: 03-23-06 18:45pm
Hi:
missing pills always decreases the
effectiveness of the pill. You should
just use a back up method (condoms) if
you have sex or just wait for a couple
days to have sex again. I have missed a
pill before and just taken it as soon as I
remembered. Sometimes if you miss one
you will have to take two on the same day,
but you definitely don't want to skip the
pill all together because you forgot about
it. Chances are, that you should be
fine. How long do you have until you get
your period? That is usually when you
would really want to start worrying if you
miss your period. I don't think short
term use of the pill would have an effect
on the baby, but more than a week or two
probably wouldn't be very good. If you
miss your period though, just take a
pregnancy test. Missing one pill
probably won't be a problem (with my
experience). Hope this helps! Have a
good one.
