A little worried....

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-16-2006
A little worried....
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Thu, 03-16-2006 - 7:28pm
I had unprotected sex a week or two ago and missed mybc pill by 9 hours the next day. I know if you miss a pill or take it late you are supposed to use back-up protection for a week, but the missed pill came after the unprotected sex...so I wasn't sure. Should I be worried? Thanks.
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-30-2003
Thu, 03-16-2006 - 9:07pm

Hi isis8961, welcome!

Since your late pill occurred after the intercourse of concern I think you should be ok. That's because if you had been taking your pills correctly up to that point you shouldn't have been fertile and sperm can live for only a few hours in unfertile conditions.

This board considers being 8 or more hours late with a pill as a miss and we do recommend using back-up until you have taken at least 7 active pills in a row while any decrease in your protection is corrected. For more about taking your pills correctly see the post in our FAQs. I'll bet you don't have anything to worry about.

Thanks for posting. Please ask if you have more questions. Come back and let us know how you're doing.

Take care,

      Jill

    

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-16-2006
Thu, 03-16-2006 - 10:00pm
Thank you very much for your response. I haven't been too worried, but it had been in the back of my mind for the last week or so, and I don't know enough about how birth control works to know if it would make a difference. Thank you for putting my mind at ease :-)