How easy is the Pill to take?
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How easy is the Pill to take?
| Tue, 07-13-2004 - 8:49am |
I am thinking about going on it but it seems like you have to take one everyday but then skip it or take a placebo if you want your period at a certain time. It just seems like there's so many other factors involved and I'd be afraid that if i missed one or took a placebo or whatever that I might get pregnant and screw up the system. Also is it truly safe for a guy to come inside of you if you're on the pill? I just feel like there would always be that chance that I would get pregnant.

You take a pill everyday. Everyday around the same time. The first three weeks of the month are the "active pills"... the last week is the placebo week, during which you get your period.
Now... there are different kinds of pills. There are pills that give you the exact same dose every day for those three weeks... and then the placebo week.
Another changes the dose each of the three weeks. But it's not confusing, they come in a little pack and are labeled for each day. Could not be easier.
Yes, it is safe for him to cum in you. It doesn't work immediately though, so make sure you ask your doctor (they say about 7 days, but I would wait the whole month).
but it's fine - as long as you take the pill the same time every day (+/- 2 hours I believe), and that you aren't on anything else like antibiotics that can interact with the effectiveness of the pill.
Talk to your doc for more info. Hope this helped.
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You can't beat the convenience of Nuvaring, if it worked for you, it's a flexible plastic ring inserted in the vagina and then you forget about it for three weeks! It works just like the pill. It's one-size-fits-most and like anything else some women don't get along with the particular combination of hormones, but it might be something to check into as well.
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