Do I Take Todays Or Sundays? Posted: 06-08-07 12:45pm
hi, so im new and im not quite sure if
this is where i should be but i have a
question about birth control (obviously).
so i just got birth control from my doctor
andhe told me to start taking it right
away, and i read the instructions and all
that and now im confused. it says to start
on sunday and bla bla, todays friday. its
a 28 day pack, so do i start with friday,
or should i start from the begining of the
pack and take sundays pill?
this sounds stupid but im new to this.
thanks.
-summer
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Georgia59
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Posted: 06-08-07 13:37pm
Well if your doc said start today then
take the first pill in the pack today.
(Even if it says Sunday)
There should be stickers in the
instructions or somewhere in the packaging
with the days of the week on it. You can
use those stickers to cover up the ones on
the package so that it starts on Friday.
(Does that make sense?) If you didn't get
any stickers, then you can use a marker or
something so you know which day you
started on.
The only reason it is labeled with Sunday
to start is to help you remember to take
each one and so you know if you missed
one. You can still take the Sunday one
now, just know that it is really a Friday
one and re-label the package.
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summer_star
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Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Posts: 3 Location: canada
Posted: 06-08-07 14:21pm
okay thank you, that makes sense, i didnt
wanna make a mistake.
and what are the light green ones for? are
those to take while im on my period?
-summer
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Georgia59
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Posted: 06-09-07 12:57pm
They are the ones at the end? They are the
placebo pills. They don't have any
hormones in them, and while you are taking
them you should get your period. But even
if you don't get your period (you might
not at first), or it's not over by the
time you are done with the green ones,
you should still start the next pack of
pills right after you finish the green
ones.
So always take all of the pills in order,
one a day. And your period should come
while you are taking the green ones, but
it might take a couple months for that to
happen.
Since the green pills don't have any
medicine in them, you don't actually have
to take them. They are just reminders so
you don't get off schedule. But I take
mine because I know I would get confused
if I didn't.
