2 pills in one day?!

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Registered: 09-14-2006
2 pills in one day?!
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Mon, 06-11-2007 - 7:18am

Okay, here's what happened. I knew I would be spending the night at a friends's house on Saturday into Sunday so I put my pill pack into my overnight bag and left it in my car. It was in the car for a good portion of the day and most of the night. It was hot out. Sunday morning I woke and took my pill at my normal time (7am) but I realzied the pack had been sitting in the car in the blazing heat of the sun so, of course, I got worried. I was able to get another pack of pills at the pharmacy (I should have asked them this question there...) and I took another pill at about 3 pm.

My reason and concern was that when you leave medication in a hot place it can become less effective and since it is the summer and I left then in the car for so long I got extremely worried.

Here is my question, will it hurt me to have taken the two pills in the same day? I woke up this morning and got right back on schedule at 7am. So, basically, by the end of this pill pack I will have taken one extra pill.

Things you may need to know:

The pill I took "twice" was the 1st pill in my third week (I am a Sunday Stater and I am due to begin my placebo week next Sunday)

I take YASMIN

I had sex on Saturday night (which is, of course, the reason I'm freaking out about the pills having been in the car and being rendered ineffective)

Thank you for your help, ladies. You are always so wonderful when I come here with my crazy questions.

-- QGirl

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Registered: 12-30-2003
Mon, 06-11-2007 - 2:13pm

Hi qgirl06, welcome back!


      Jill

    

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Registered: 09-14-2006
Mon, 06-11-2007 - 2:49pm

Thanks, Jill, I have a stupid question about this that I forgot to ask in my first post. I don't need to worry here about anything do I? I had "relations" about 5 or 6 hours before I took the first (possibly ineffective) pill. I know that seems like a stupid question since I doubled up on the pills but I worry about how long sperm can stay alive and how long until I took a pill that I KNOW was good (which was about 7-8 hours after the first one)

The other question is should I go into my placebo week next week or go right onto a fresh pack of pills (active pills). I have read a few different places that if you miss one pill during day 15-21 you should skip your placebo week but I don't know if that means "miss" as in completely not taken or "miss" as in taken late.

Sorry for the obsessiveness but I don't want to become a mom yet (LOL!)

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Registered: 12-30-2003
Mon, 06-11-2007 - 3:16pm

Hi again hon,


      Jill