Really screwed my pill up this time

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Registered: 09-06-2005
Really screwed my pill up this time
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Mon, 07-10-2006 - 11:16pm

Hi everyone,

I've had a rough month on the pill here. Here are the basics: I'm currently on day 19 of my pill pack (i.e. I'll be starting the placebo pills in 2 days). At some point this month, I must've missed a pill, but I didn't notice until about day 12, when I immediately took 2 pills to compensate for it (my day labels were stuck on my pack a little askew, which totally threw me off). Then I was doing fine until today, when I took my pill about 2.5 hours late.

Now I'm expecting my period in about 5 days and I'm just wondering when it's safe to have sex with my boyfriend again (without a backup method). I'm guess because I took my pill late today, I probably shouldn't before my period, right? What about when my period is finished (usually day 2 or 3 of my next pill pack)? Or do I have to wait a week or a month or whatnot with my next pill pack before I can have sex without a backup again?

Sorry for all the confusion - I just want to be extra careful! Thanks for any help!!

Cait

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Tue, 07-11-2006 - 7:00am

If you want to be super-duper careful, you can use backup until you've taken the whole first week of the next pack of pills (as long as you don't miss or take any late).

Judie Cl for Birth Control 
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Registered: 09-06-2005
Tue, 07-11-2006 - 9:43am
Thanks for the great advice! As it turns out, I've been out of town for a couple of weeks away from my boyfriend, so I haven't had to stress too much about backup until now. I'll probably keep using it until I've taken a week of my new pack just to be safe, though. Thanks again! :)