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Q: The pill, sickness and pregnancy
asked by: Lion79 on March 26th, 2008
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I'm on the pill, I've been on it for quite some time and it's worked great. However, I know that sickness can make it less effective. I got sick last Wed/Thursday only for about a day, I think it was a 24 hour bug or something, but I had a bit of sickness and diarrhoea, and I had sex on Saturday night, without a condom. I didn't even think about the fact that I'd been sick, because I felt fine. But when I got sick, it was during my pill free week, just before my period came. I know I'm still protected during this week, but could the sickness increase chances of pregnancy even though I wasn't taking any pills?
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run4life10
replied on March 27th, 2008
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the only reason sickness should interfere with the effectiveness of the pill is if you throw up shortly after taking it, before the pill has a chance to get into your system. Or in the case of severe illnesses/major surgery where you will be on bedrest for a prolonged period of time. You should be fine, especially if you were on the placebo week because there is no chance that you could have thrown up the active pills before the hormones get into your system.
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