i just need reassurance...again

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Registered: 08-03-2003
i just need reassurance...again
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Wed, 06-30-2004 - 9:16pm
i posted yesterday but i think it was mad confusing...hehe. basically, i always use 3 methods of BC... my patch, a condom, and spermicide (on the condom). i wanted to move my period back just a day so after my period (week 4 which was patch free) instead of putting the patch on Thursdays as usual, i put it on friday (it was off for more then 7 days but i did not have sex in that period at all). my boyfriend came up the following friday, so i put on my week 2 patch. and we had sex hours later... wen we did, the condom came off wen he was pulling out, after all was said and done. the outter part was out of my body, and we had spermicide on the condom. i still got paranoid, mainly bc i switched the patch day and all. however, i waited the one week period where u must use a backup method before BC is completely effective, so it was effective.... please tell me to stop freaking out!


<3cari

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Registered: 04-19-2004
Wed, 06-30-2004 - 9:36pm
Stop freaking out! :)

You should be fine since you had 7 days of protection before you had sex with your boyfriend. In the future, don't go more than 7 days between patches, as your protection is compromised after 7 days off and you're not fully protected for another 7 days on the patch. Next time you want to move a period around, shorten the length of your off time instead of extending it.