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| Sat, 03-31-2007 - 1:03am |
i start a new pack of my ortho-tri pills on sunday. however, i leave for a retreat on monday-wednesday and i wont be able to have an alarm/cell phone of any kind there, and the time i'm supposed to take my pills is 6am, and i know i wont be able to wake myself up at that time. so i was wondering, can i skip those 3 pills, and then take one on thursday? i'm not going to see my boyfriend til the following friday, so i would have taken 7 active pills in a row by then. will this work? is there any other option? i just don't think i will be able to take my pills this monday-wednesday at a consistent time each day so i dont know if they will be worth taking, but i really dont know how it works becuase i am new to this birth control thing. what should i do?

Well if its the same for all pills- which i'm assuming it is- I have ortho tri-cyclen, and since each pill has different doses, if you miss one you can double up the next day but if you miss MORE THAN TWO, you have to throw away that whole rest of the pack and start a new one. So I wouldnt skip three day if I were you!
~Jennifer
Personally I'd still take them as soon as you get up each morning. You might or might not have a little breakthrough bleeding but I would still say it's better then not taking them at all since I heard what the PP said about missing 3 pills and having to toss the pack. Missing 3 pills might bring on your period too.
-Mel
Hi again hon, welcome back!
Jill