Nervous

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Registered: 05-18-2003
Nervous
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Wed, 02-18-2004 - 11:21pm
My boyfriend and I have been in a monogomous relationship for over a year and I am on birth control so we don't use any other form of protection. He always pulls out anyway just as an extra caution even though it is porbably not necessary. However, this past weekend he partially ejaculated inside of me and I am concerned that I could get pregnant because I had taken a pill late earlier in the week. I took 3 pills the following day counting the regular one I would've taken. I am concerned b/c I had no side effect to this. Is that normal?
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Registered: 12-30-2003
In reply to: mnshne22
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 12:00am
Hi mnshne, welcome!

I’m confused. You say “I had taken a pill late earlier in the week. I took 3 pills the following day counting the regular one I would've taken.” Were you a few hours late with one pill, or did you miss 2 pills? And, which pill(s) did you miss? And, are you now a day or two short of your 21 days of active pills in your current pack?

If you were only a few hours late with one pill, as long as it wasn’t the first one in a new pack, you are probably ok. If you missed more than one pill then you should use back-up until you have been taking your pills correctly for at least 7 days. If, because you doubled up you are now finishing your pack early, be sure that you go no more than 7 24-hour days before starting the active pills in your next pack. Some women would have break-through-bleeding from taking 3 pills together others won’t it’s how tolerant your body is to hormonal swings as to what happens.

Good luck

      Jill

    

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Registered: 05-18-2003
In reply to: mnshne22
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 8:51am
I usually take the pill at night and I didn't remember until the following morning (around 7:30). I took the 3 pills after he partially ejaculated inside of me (one being the one I usually take) b/c I was worried I could get pregnant.
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Registered: 02-04-2004
In reply to: mnshne22
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 12:43pm
i'm just as confused as jill

what 3 pills did you take? and why would you have taken 3 in one day??

 

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Registered: 05-18-2003
In reply to: mnshne22
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 12:52pm
I took 3 as a safety measure b/c I don't want to get pregnant. I am 23 and am not ready to have a baby. Two of them were from an unopened pack that I opened for this reason b/c I didn't want to throw off my week. it doesn't matter so much as my concern that I felt nothing at all from taking 3 pills and wanted to know if that was normal or could I be pregnant. I have been on the pill for 4 years for medical reasons (heavy mentrual bleeding) and it was not the 1st pill of the month that I missed. It was a pill in the second week that I had missed. I took it when I remembered which was almost 12 hours later. My boyfriend and I had sex about 3 days later.
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Registered: 01-15-2003
In reply to: mnshne22
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 2:52pm
Missing one pill by about 12 hours is unlikely to get you pregnant (especially since it wasn't the first of the pack). MOST pill leaflets tell you to take a missed pill when you realize it, no backup required. I did that myself once or twice over the years (not often).

Although I have heard of a schedule for using regular BCPs as an emergency contraceptive, I don't really know anything about it. The bits I can remember hearing are that it only works with some brands, and you have to take a LOT of them at intervals to have a possible effect.

I really doubt that 3 pills the next day would do anything for you, in the pregnancy prevention department. It COULD cause breakthrough bleeding, if you are that sensitive to the hormone levels in your body, or it could have no effect, as you seem to be seeing. I also don't think a presence or absence of symptoms has any bearing on the possibility of pregnancy.

If you are taking your pills correctly (which it sounds like you are) the pills by themselves are 99% or 99.9% (depending on where you find your statistics) effective at preventing pregnancy - that is all by itself. No condom, having intercourse to completion.

It is pretty unlikely that you are pregnant. If you miss your next period, you could test. Don't freak out if you happen to be a day late or something though, it happens!

Good Luck.