B.C. Questions

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Registered: 10-23-2003
B.C. Questions
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Sat, 10-02-2004 - 1:46pm
Last month my doctor switched me from the patch to the pill. And over time, it states clearly in my records that I have a hard time taking pills at the same time everyday on a certain schedule. Or I may even forget all together, which rarely happens. But, I do have a couple questions, maybe some can help me out with.

After switching the methods, there was the usual spotting, which I figured would happen. Always does with me. And it was going all up until a couple days ago. See, a couple days ago I took a pill a little late. However in that time, it'd been almost 30 hours since I took my last pill, and I had intercourse. I had intercourse the night before, and the following morning. Two times within the 30 hour gap. After about an hour after intercourse I remembered the pill on the 2nd round. My boyfriend and I both know what the pill is like on taking times. And we've both communicated that if something happens, it does. It's just meant to be. But what are the chance that I'd get pregnant off of that.

I'm just wondering if anybody can help me out. I'm on Yasmin, and this is my 2nd week on it. Immediately I went from the patch to the pill with no days to spare. Just like the doctor told me. But I was only in the second week. Any advice would be helpful. Thank you so much. ajrpackerfan@aol.com

Amanda

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Registered: 08-11-2004
In reply to: ajr_83
Sat, 10-02-2004 - 1:57pm
Being six hours late isn't good, but chances are that you won't get pregnant from that. What I'd be wondering though is why your doctor switched you to the pill? Ok so you say you aren't concerned if there's an accidental pregnancy, but you must be at least a little bit concerned if you're even bothering with birth control at all. Is it really meant to be if the reason you end up pregnant is that you're purposefully using birth birth control that you know you can't remember? There are options other than the pill. You could ask for the Nuva Ring, or for Depo Provera, or an IUD. All of those options don't require remembering something every single day.