Help Help Help Help Help!!!! Posted: 04-27-07 20:30pm
i think i have been taking my birth
control wrong for a year now i take
ortho-cyclen and the person that told me
what to do didnt make any sense um now i
read it and it says that. You will take
your first pill on the first day of your
period or on the first Sunday after your
period begins. i have been taking it the
first day after my period stops.
help and tell me im ok someone respond
help help
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Llewellyn
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Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1743 Location: NY
Posted: 04-27-07 20:49pm
If I understand you correctly, then I do
not think it matters. They often say to
start on Sunday, but I don't think you
actually have to. Someone else in here
can probably verify that though. Next time, if you
don't understand the person who is
explaining it, ask questions or ask
someone else! It's important stuff to
know!
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Tylanas
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Re: Help Help Help Help Help!!!! Posted: 04-27-07 23:58pm
bmartin18
wrote:
i think i have been taking
my birth control wrong for a year now i
take ortho-cyclen and the person that told
me what to do didnt make any sense um now
i read it and it says that. You will take
your first pill on the first day of your
period or on the first Sunday after your
period begins. i have been taking it the
first day after my period stops.
help and tell me im ok someone respond
help help
Once you start the pills, you should be
starting new packs on the same day of each
week.
You do not change what day you start on
once you're on the pills. It sounds like
you've been starting on a different day of
the week every month.
You can start the pill any day of the
week, but that's the very first pack.
Let's say you pick monday. You take the
pills all month. I believe your pills may
change color each week, so every monday
you start a new color.
Eventually you get to the placebo/sugar
pills. You need to take all of these
pills, or, wait a full week before
starting a new pack... and you need to
start it on moday, just like you started
the other pack.
You do not wait until your period ends and
start a new pack then. Doing this
especially if your period went past the
next monay could very well make you
succeptable to pregnancy. You do have to
wait the full week of placebo pills, and
then start a new pack on the same day you
started the last pack - which in our
example, is monday. Even if your period
isn't over yet, you must start the new
pack.
Let's say you start placebos on monday
(because that's the day you started the
pack) and your period is done on friday.
You still have to wait until next monday
to start a new pack.
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help and tell me im ok someone respond
help help
Next time, if you
don't understand the person who is
explaining it, ask questions or ask
someone else! It's important stuff to
know! 