BC and Time Zones

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Registered: 04-16-2003
BC and Time Zones
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Wed, 09-22-2004 - 6:24am
I'm going Las Vegas next week for vacation. I live on the East coast . By quesion is what should I do about taking my pill. I leave on Sunday. I take the pill at 7:30am, so I don't want to be waking up at 4:30am while on vacation to take it.

Please let me know. Thanks!!

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Registered: 04-16-2003
In reply to: hma109
Wed, 09-22-2004 - 7:10pm
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Registered: 06-05-2004
In reply to: hma109
Wed, 09-22-2004 - 8:09pm
Hi,

I too live in the east coast and I went to California in August so I had the same problem. What you should do is try to take your pill one hour later every morning until you reach the time that would be good for you in Vegas. In other words, since you currently take your pill at 7:30 a.m., maybe tomorrow you can take it at 8:30 a.m. and on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. and so on until you reach a time that will be good for you. It will still be effective as you have that +/-2 hour window which means you can take your pill two hours before your normal time up until two hours after. If you want to take your pill in Vegas at 7:30 a.m. you can increase it by an hour every day for the next three days and remember to do the same, backwards, just before you return. I hope you have fun in Vegas. Lucy

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Registered: 04-16-2003
In reply to: hma109
Thu, 09-23-2004 - 6:11am
Thanks Lucy! My next question with that is I'm on the week of placebos and go on my active pill on Sunday. How would that effect it?
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Registered: 06-05-2004
In reply to: hma109
Thu, 09-23-2004 - 8:20am
Hi,

OMG, I am stumped on this one, you might need to ask someone else.... I just myself posted yesterday earlier about the first pill in the cycle.. You might want to read it. The title is Re: First pill in cycle. I was worried about taking the first pill in a new pack later than normal. Good luck and I hope someone can help you. Lucy

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Registered: 12-30-2003
In reply to: hma109
Thu, 09-23-2004 - 10:29am
Hi hma109, welcome!

You could still do as Lucy suggested and move your pill-time an hour a day (but, you MUST make the changes when you are on ACTIVE pills) and you would be ok. Take your first pill at 8:30 AM Eastern time on Sunday. That will still leave 2 changes to be made in Nevada, one to 6:30 and the second to 7:30 Pacific time.

Another way, since you are on your hormone free week is to advance your start day by one day and start at the new time. That way you would still be less than 7 24-hour days w/o hormones. A third way is to retain your start day and move the time all at once and use back-up for 7 days.

Returning from Nevada to the East Coast you can safely move your time back all at once as Eastern Time is earlier, so you will be less than 24 hours between pills. I hope you have a great time in Las Vegas!

Good luck!

      Jill