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| Tue, 08-10-2004 - 12:07pm |
I know this question has been asked before but I just need a little clarification. I usually take my pill at 6 pm every day. Next Wednesday, I leave for California for a week, which means I'll be three hours behind (I live on the East Coast). I know I need to take the pill every 24 hours so, effective next Wednesday, I should really take the pill at 3 pm, West Coast time. Is this right? I start a new pill pack this coming Sunday and I wonder if it wouldn't be easier for me to just start this new pill pack at 3 pm on Sunday as opposed to my regular 6 pm start. Then, I can keep up with the 3 pm time for this entire pack, going back slowly to my original time, hour by hour, the next time I start a pack. Does this make any sense?
Thanks!
Kristina

“I wonder if it wouldn't be easier for me to just start this new pill pack at 3 pm on Sunday as opposed to my regular 6 pm start. Then, I can keep up with the 3 pm time for this entire pack, going back slowly to my original time, hour by hour, the next time I start a pack. Does this make any sense?”
If I’m understanding what you are asking, then no you can’t keep the same 3:00PM pill time on both the east and west coasts without some adjustment. If you change to 3:00 PM on the east coast that becomes 12:00 Noon in California.
If 3:00 PM in California wouldn’t be a problem you could just take your pill then or begin moving the time by an hour a day while there until you were back at 6:00 PM Calif. Time. Or, while still on the east coast you could move your pill-time one hour later each day over several days (to 7 pm then 8 pm then 9 pm, which is 6 pm California time) so that by the time you get to California you are at 6:00 PM west coast time. Or, of course you could move it all at once when you get to California and use back-up for 7 days. When returning from Calif. To the east coast you can move the time back to your regular 6:00 PM time all at once as you will be taking your east coast pill less than 24 hours after your last California one. I hope you have a nice trip.
Good luck,
Jill
I am so glad that Kristina asked this question because I too am going to CA from MA on August 18. If I read your response to her correctly, then if I currently take my pill at 6:00 a.m. I can take it at 3:00 a.m. CA time.... That works for me. I can set the alarm, shut it off, take my pill and go back to sleep. I was wondering how this would work and her question and your answer helped me without my having to post a whole new question. My thanks to both of you. (Honestly, I don't know why I'm so concerned, I not even doing anything so I couldn't get pregnant anyway!) SMILE Lucy
Yes, you understood correctly.
Have a nice trip!
Jill
But if you wanted to change your pill time, you can move it by 1/2 to one hour each day if you want to be extra-careful.
Good luck!
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So, Judie, just to be super duper extra careful clear . . . I think what I'm going to do is take my pill at 3 pm every day (since my normal time on the east coast is 6 pm) while I'm in California. Then, when I come home I can just go back to my normal 6 pm time. Is this right?
I seriously don't know why my brain can't comprehend this. Maybe it's because I DO need to be extra careful . . .after all, it's a vacation with my boyfriend :)
Kristina
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Kristina