BC problem... HELP!

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Registered: 10-25-2004
BC problem... HELP!
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Wed, 11-17-2004 - 8:37am
Last month I took a month-break on taking my BC pills. What happened was that when I was picking up for a refill a couple of months earlier, my mom took it to the wrong pharmacy, thus losing a refill. But since DB was going away for a whole month, it wasn't going to be a problem. So about 2 weeks ago (after finishing my period), I started my pills again at the same time I would usually take it before stopping for a month. Last nite, DB and I... well you know... and now I'm concerned. I'm already on my darker blue pills when he and I made love (for exact, the first dark blue pill) but I heard that on your white pills, you should have a backup. HELP! Will I get pregnant? Am I worrying for nothing? Oy vey!
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Wed, 11-17-2004 - 9:23am

Hi irobbeesgurl1, welcome!

If I were you I'd ditch the diet pills. This board recommends not taking diet pills and using caution and back-up if you do. Most diet pills haven't been approved for effectiveness or drug interactions by the FDA so no one knows for sure what effect they may have when used with oral contraceptives. It's possible that if the diet pills have increased your metabolism to burn fat your body may not be fully absorbing the hormones from your pills which could lower your protection. If I were you I'd be using back-up until you are off the diet pills and have taken at least 7 active BCPs correctly. Let us know how you're doing, ok?

Good luck,

      Jill

    

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Registered: 10-25-2004
Wed, 11-17-2004 - 9:49am
Diet pills? I never mentioned diet pills on my post. I don't even take diet pills.
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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 11-17-2004 - 9:58am

Are you on OTC? It sounds like it, based on your description of "blue" pills and "white" pills. It helps if you specify, as not all pills are the same.

What do you mean by "i heard that on your white pills, you should have a back-up"? Are the white ones the first week? Because if so, then that's definitely true, and many people recommend extending that backup for the rest of the month. Basically, the deal is, if you're a day-1 starter (you start your pills on the first day you get your period), you're protected from that very first day. If you're a Sunday starter, which it sounds like you are, should use a back-up method for at least a week, though like I said, many of us feel that a month is better, just to be on the safe side. If you've been taking your pills correctly, you're probably safe, assuming the "dark blue" pills are the third week in the pack, which I seem to remember that they are, but in the future, be sure to use a back-up, that way, at the very least, you won't have to be concerned if AF is a little bit late.

What the heck does DB stand for??

Caitlin

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Registered: 10-25-2004
Wed, 11-17-2004 - 11:18am

>>Are you on OTC? It sounds like it, based on your description of "blue" pills and "white" pills. It helps if you specify, as not all pills are the same.<<

Yep I'm on OTC! OTC-Lo for exact. There's 4 kinds of pills that goes with it... white which is on the first week, light blue on the second, dark blue on the third, and green (the reminder pills) on the last week. Sorry I wasn't clear. I was actually doing my work at the same time as I was typing that first post. LOL

>>What do you mean by "i heard that on your white pills, you should have a back-up"? Are the white ones the first week?<<

Yeah that's what I meant. From what I heard that if you started talking your BC that while on your white pills, you should have a backup such as a condom in case you're planning to have sex that week.

>>Because if so, then that's definitely true, and many people recommend extending that backup for the rest of the month. Basically, the deal is, if you're a day-1 starter (you start your pills on the first day you get your period), you're protected from that very first day. If you're a Sunday starter, which it sounds like you are, should use a back-up method for at least a week, though like I said, many of us feel that a month is better, just to be on the safe side. If you've been taking your pills correctly, you're probably safe, assuming the "dark blue" pills are the third week in the pack, which I seem to remember that they are, but in the future, be sure to use a back-up, that way, at the very least, you won't have to be concerned if AF is a little bit late.<<

I'm a Day 1 starter. Rememeber, I was off for a month, but eventhough I was off, my cycle was exactly like if I was on the pill. So I started again on the actual day I would start Day 1 if I didn't take that break.

>>What the heck does DB stand for??<<
Dear Boyfriend! I guess that person got confused that with Diet Pills. *blush* Once again, I wouldn't be caught dead talking diet pills. Hey look at what it done to Anna Nicole Smith. LOL

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 11-17-2004 - 2:29pm

You wrote:

"I'm a Day 1 starter. Rememeber, I was off for a month, but eventhough I was off, my cycle was exactly like if I was on the pill. So I started again on the actual day I would start Day 1 if I didn't take that break."

I'm sorry, I think I confused you ... a Day-1 starter is a person who starts their pills on the *first day* of their period, not the first Sunday after their period starts (Sunday Start) or first day their period ends or whatever. From your first post, it doesn't sound like you started the same day as your period (you wrote that you started your new pack "after my period ended" or something to that effect), you are not a Day-1 starter and you would not have been protected from the get-go. Either way if you've been taking your pills correctly, I'd be willing to bet you're okay, but I do recommend using backup for the FULL MONTH if you take any "months off" in the future. Treat it like you're starting the Pill all over again.

Caitlin

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Registered: 12-30-2003
Wed, 11-17-2004 - 3:38pm

Caitlin is right!

Apologies... It's not been a good day!

      Jill

    

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Registered: 11-17-2004
Wed, 11-17-2004 - 9:30pm
im having the same problem on my first pack of pills. well i am a sunday starter and we had sex on the next saturday i had taken all of the white pills but handnt started the blue ones that was supposed to be the next day. any useful info that you gathered