starting pill on specific date ? Posted: 06-07-08 14:39pm
I will be getting married in 2 months and
am about to start taking birth control
pills. I don't want to have my period
during the wedding or honeymoon, so
counted back the days to figure out when I
should start my first pill. Turns out that
if I wanted to start this month, I
should've taken the first one on
Wednesday, 3 days ago. Otherwise I will
have to start next month, but this means
my body will have less time to adjust to
the effects of the pill.
Can I start taking the pills now (start on
day 4 pill) just to get my body used to
it, and do a full packet of pills starting
next month? I don't really care about the
protection aspect (we've used condoms for
the past 2 years, we can wait another
month!), but just don't want to throw my
body out of whack when it comes time to
take the full pack next month.
Thanks for your help!
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Carifairy
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Posted: 06-07-08 14:50pm
IF you started on the FOURTH pill you
would not be full protected for the month.
This is because you need ALL active pills
in order to be protected during your
period week.
In BC studies they found that the magic
number is at least 21 active BC pills
followed by no more than a 7 day period
week.
Your period on the pill does not start on
the first PERIOD PILL, it can take 3-4
days into the period week for you to get
your period. This is something to be
knowledgeable about.
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loveglobe
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Posted: 06-07-08 15:02pm
Thanks CariFairy!
I was prescribed Loestrin24 which means
that I will actually be taking 21 pills if
I start taking the 4th day pill today, and
only have 4 placebo pills to take at the
end of the cycle. Does this still mean
that I will have to use additional
protection for this first month? It's okay
if so, but now I'm curious. My main
concern in starting now is that I want to
make sure my body has time to adjust to
the pills and that I don't get my
period/spotting during my
wedding/honeymoon.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 06-07-08 23:34pm
You are in luck, you will be protected
since you would be taking 21 active pills
Because you are on Loestrin you would be
taking 21 active pills
It sounds weird, but they found out that
magic combo during the very first testing
of the pill.
