This probably sounds dumb but........

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This probably sounds dumb but........
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Sun, 05-13-2007 - 6:16am
Hi there i just had a question about my birth control.. ive been on orthotricyclen for about 4 or 5 months now and recently have been having problems remebering to take it on time. what i was doing was taking the pill around 7pm when i got off of work well i recently started wrking nights and my whole schedule is messed up from it. It has been expecially bad this past week. 3 or 4 time in the past week i have forgotten to take my pill literly until the next day im talking like at least 8-10 hrs late. Its really bad i know.o make matters worse my bf and i had ic 3 times last week and im concerned that there is a chance that i could get pg, i know there is a chance but im wodering what's the liklyhood of it happeing?? Im trying to remember to take the pill on time evryday but with a 7 month old and working graveyards it has been pretty tough.
So basicly my question is do you think that there is a high possibility that i could get pg.(fyi, i had af on the first of may)......thank you all?!!:)
Nicole
Mommy to Sweet AB Mia Rose
10-03-06:):):)
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Sun, 05-13-2007 - 6:48am
Yes, there is a good chance you could get pregnant. You have taken several pills late, which means your protection has been compromised. Until you have taken seven pills on time, in a row, you need to use condoms, or something else as back up. A pregnancy test should be accurate about two weeks after the date of concern.

 


 


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Sun, 05-13-2007 - 7:18am
Hi there thank you so much for your response. I dont really know very much about birth control. My bf and I had been together for 6yrs with no bc until last year when we had our daughter, so this is the first time in my life that I have ever been on it.
But like I said thank you for responding i really appriciate it.
Nicole
Mommy to Sweet AB Mia Rose
10-03-06:)
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Sun, 05-13-2007 - 1:53pm

Hi miasmybaby, welcome!


      Jill

    

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Sat, 05-19-2007 - 3:31am
Hi there just wantd to update ya. Ive been really concerned (re:missed pills and possibly being pg),and now im getting even more worried. I have been felling so sick the past 2 days, but its like on and off, on minute i feel fine and the next im fighting vomit and all i want to do is lay down.... Ive been thinking that it maybe that ive just caught a bug thats going around but i dont think that it would be so on and off. I went and bought a hpt and it came back - but i figured that much just bc im not expecting af until the 1st. I know that it was a waste of $ to test so early but i just needed to ease my mind for the time being in a way.(the test came w 2 so im going to save the other 1 if nothing shows up by the beginning of the month) Its just really making me stress out bc when i was pg w Mia i felt similar to the way i do now, not so much the feeling of needing to vomit but just soooo tierd.Do you think that if i was pg signs/symptoms would be starting so soon?? (its almost 2 wks from the date of concern)I dont know i feel like im going looney!lol thanks so much for lestining!!!
Oh by the way even though im still not quite sure what my status is right now im still taking my pills on time (the cell timer idea had been woring great!!thx) do you think that it is ok to do so??THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN!!!!!
Nicole
Mommy to AB Mia
10-03-06:)
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Sat, 05-19-2007 - 10:03am

Hi again Nicole, welcome back!


      Jill

    

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Sun, 05-20-2007 - 3:33am
Hey just wanted to *pop* in and say thank you soo much for your help, Im a mess stressing about this whole situation, Im not really sure what result I want. its very back and forth you know. Im going to test again around the 1st and see what happens Ill let you know.!!:)
Thx again:)
Nicole
Mommy to AB Mia:)
10-03-06
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Sun, 05-20-2007 - 4:35am
If it doesn't turn out that you're pregnant, and it's not a bug, it could be that with all the missed pills that your body is having to readjust to the hormones, and given that nausea can be a side effect, this could very well be an explanation. Even if you didn't have nausea when you first started on these pills, our bodies don't always react the same way when we restart the same pill after some absence.

 


 


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Sun, 05-20-2007 - 6:11am
Yeah thats what im begining to think because I do feel alot better and I have been taking the pills consistently and on time for the past couple ao few days. So that is probably what it was. Thx for your help!!!!