Should I be careful?

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-26-2004
Should I be careful?
2
Wed, 09-15-2004 - 8:34pm
Hi,

I have been on the pill for a year and yesterday I forgot to take the pill at all. My fiance and I had sex at about 3am this morning. I remembered to take my pill today and saw I didn't take yesterdays, so I took two. We had sex like two minutes after I took the two pill and it was a quicky, so should I take a pregnancy test in a few days just to be careful?

*J*

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-30-2003
Wed, 09-15-2004 - 11:46pm
Hi janelikesdark, welcome!

It's good that you took your missed pill along with today’s pill. You are probably ok however you should use back-up for at least 7 days after missing a pill. The chances that you will ovulate from missing a single pill are very slight but apparently there have been enough pregnancies from a single missed pill that the FDA is now recommending back-up be used for 7 days afterward. If Aunt Flo doesn't arrive on time then would be the time to test, but I'll bet you will probably be ok. Let us know how you're doing, ok?

Take care,

      Jill

    

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 09-16-2004 - 2:23pm
From one missed pill, you should use backup until you've had seven in a row on time, but my guess would be that the likelihood of pregnancy within the first 24 hours is probably pretty low. But be careful, okay? Good luck!
Judie
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