Stupid Q but i'll ask anyway

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2004
Stupid Q but i'll ask anyway
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Tue, 09-26-2006 - 12:45pm
Alright whats up everyone? Just curious about one thing. ok here is the q. My gf just started taking her bc pills i was wondering something i donot have the answer for. If you start a pill on the first day of your period you are protected right away and you do not need to wait 7 days. If you start a pill on a sunday then you have to wait 7 days and use another form of bc. Why do you have to wait? I just thought that if you took the pill you woulkd be protected from the first day. Like I said it's a stupid q I was just curious. Me the the gf are gonna wait a full cycle to see how it is on her and see if it ia working before we have any unprotected sex.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-12-2002
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 7:46pm

Basically, on the first day of her period her body is no position to support a pregnancy, due to the instable lining, no live egg to fertilise etc.

 


 


iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2004
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 8:05pm
Thanks i was just wondering i have another q then for ya. My gf started ortho tri cyclin lo on sunday. It was a sunday start. She got her normal period lasting 4 days. Now she is spotting meaning the flow comes and goes. This is her first time on bc so i guess you need to give your body the time to get use to the pill then right?Other than the spotting she said she feels good so.
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 9:16pm

Hi again guy, welcome back!


      Jill