I vomited my pill!

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-08-2004
I vomited my pill!
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Mon, 04-12-2004 - 10:41am
Saturday night after about an hour and a half of eating and taking my BC pill (Ovral), I threw up. I took my regular dose the next evening, but now I am scared, since I did not use any back up. What are my chances of being pregnant? Has this ever happened to anyone else?
iVillage Member
Registered: 01-15-2003
Mon, 04-12-2004 - 11:03am
After vomiting your pill it is a good idea to use backup for 7 days. My neice it a vomited pill baby, but I don't know how soon after taking the pill my sister-in-law threw up. Since it was an hour & a half & this board considers two hours safe, you *might* be ok. Even if you've had sex since then, you might consider still using backup this week until seven days of correct pill taking have happened. IF that one missed pill will cause you to ovulate (anyone's guess), we don't know WHEN it might cause you to ovulate, it is theoretically possible that it could take a few days after the missed pill.

If you miss your next period, you might want to test, but until then there isn't much you can do, sorry! Not everyone will have a problem from one missed pill, unfortunately we don't know in advance which of us will & which of us won't. Good Luck!

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-07-2004
Mon, 04-12-2004 - 10:20pm
The same thing happened to me on OTC, I vomitted it up before it really ever had a chance to dissolve. I also hadn't used backup, but no problems here. it is probably good to use backup just incase, because it is better to be safe than sorry.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-15-2004
Wed, 04-14-2004 - 8:01am
Yep, my aunt had the flu one day but consistently took her pill and became pregnant with her 4th. My friend used to get sick from taking the pill so she was told to take it in the evenings on a full stomach instead of in the morning. I would definitely use a backup method for a while to be on the safe side.