HELP! Forgot my first pill in the pack!

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Registered: 10-11-2006
HELP! Forgot my first pill in the pack!
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Tue, 10-31-2006 - 1:57am

Augh! I am on Yasmin and am a Sunday starter. I took my pill in the dark last night and accidentally had it turned upside down...I took a sugar pill instead of the active ones. I noticed tonight when I went to take my second one; I just took both at the same time. I just spent about 2 hours online and I basically read that I should be ok, but has this happened to anyone else? What happened?? My SO and I always use a second method, but I am still SO paranoid!

Thanks! :)

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-30-2003
Tue, 10-31-2006 - 12:02pm

Hi leah-bea, welcome!


      Jill

    

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Registered: 10-11-2006
Thu, 11-02-2006 - 12:56am

Thank you Jill! You put my mind at ease, but I still called my doctor to get her opinion. :) She recommended waiting 14 days just to be safe. She said most people say to wait 7 days, but if I want to be sure (as sure as I can be!) then to just abstain for 14 days, which will be hard ;P but I'd rather do that then worry until the end of the month.

One more question: Is the waiting period the same if you miss a pill in the middle of the pack? Last month I accidentally took 2 pills in one day, so I called my doctor and they said to just miss the next day then resume as normal. I had some bleeding later in that week, then got my period again during the no-hormones week. Is that normal? Should I be worried at all? I've never been in that situation before and I assume that because I got my period I am fine, but I'm just a worry-wart! (These past two months are the first times I have missed any pills, I've had a near perfect record prior to October!)

Thanks again :)

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-30-2003
Thu, 11-02-2006 - 12:56pm

Hi again leah-bea,


      Jill