Am I Right? Contraceptive Pill. Posted: 07-11-07 09:14am
The other day, my girlfriend and I met up
after spending some time apart over the
holidays. She told me that last month she
had forgotten to take the pill a couple of
times and after the second time she didn't
continue to take the pill again (As I
think you're supposed to). When we met up,
she was coming off her period and had been
taking the pill for three days. I was just
wondering whether, during this time, the
pill would have been working correctly.
Does the whole process start afresh after
a period or is it affected by events prior
to her period?
Thanks for your time.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 07-11-07 09:15am
She did compromise her protection!
You need to be on the pill for 7 full days
in order to be protected fully. This is
the rule if you stop taking the pill and
re-start, or start the pill for the first
time.
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Qwerty123
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Posted: 07-11-07 09:31am
Carifairy
wrote:
She did compromise her
protection!
You need to be on the pill for 7 full days
in order to be protected fully. This is
the rule if you stop taking the pill and
re-start, or start the pill for the first
time.
She's taking Cilest. I'm not sure, but if
I remember correctly, it becomes effective
immediately if you start taking it on the
first day of your period. Hence the
confusion.
Also, just to clarify, I'm interested in
the time period after she started to take
the pill again, not the time after she
stopped taking it.
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Anne123
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Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 290 Location: Canada
Posted: 07-11-07 14:34pm
Carifairy is right.
No matter what birth control pill she is
on, when she starts a pack of pills having
not completed the previous pack (just like
if it was her first pack ever), she is not
fully protected until after the first 7
days.
Backup is needed for the first 7 days. If
it is not too late, the "morning-after"
pill (aka plan b) would be a good idea.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 07-13-07 13:29pm
YES, IN order to be fully protected each
and every month, without a 7 day delay,
you need to take the entire previous
pack!!
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Georgia59
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Posted: 07-16-07 14:54pm
Qwerty123
wrote:
She's taking Cilest. I'm not sure, but if
I remember correctly, it becomes effective
immediately if you start taking it on the
first day of your period. Hence the
confusion.
You're right, but that only counts the
first time. Because when she missed pills,
she would ovulate at a different time than
her normal period and the period she
experiences may or may not be a real
period, it doesn't really count to start
taking the pill that day. Like the others
have said, you have to take it for a full
seven days before it is effective.
