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Q: Double Pill
asked by: alexpso on October 15th, 2007
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Last weeked i had sex with my gf ( un-protected ) and i pulled out the times it was unprotected. she is on the pill and the day/night we had unprotected, she took 1 pill friday 2 saturday 1 sunday, saturday was the main day we did it. im just worrying that the "times of day" that she took may have varied, also that taking 2 pills in one day won't effect the effectiveness of the pill. the first test she took like 1-2 days later said posititve but that i think was way to soon, i think it was a miss read, 5 days after she went to the clinic to get a test and they said negative, but come back if she misses her period, will she was supposed to get it on friday, and it didn't come yet, she has been on the pill since then takeing "suger-pills" as she says. she took a home test today and it said negative. what are the chances you think that she might become pregnant? and do the "suger pills" or whatever the ones that you take when you gonna get your period, do they actually prevent pregnancy or are they to induce your period.

Thank you so much hopefully i can't calm myself down here with some answers.....
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Tylanas
replied on October 15th, 2007
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Why exactly did she take two pills on saturday? It will increase her protection, not lower it, but it's not something to do normally since it messes up her scheduling. I don't think there's a big chance of her being pregnant since she did not miss a pill.

She cannot become pregnant during the placebo week because of how the female body works. They do not "induce" her period. During the plaecbo week the body stops receiving hormones, and so it causes withdrawl bleeding, that's the "period" women get on the pill.
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alexpso
replied on October 15th, 2007
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She took 2 pills that day because we did it without a condem, usually we do but that weekend she talked me outta it Sad
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Tylanas
replied on October 15th, 2007
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She should not do that, there is no reason to double up. It is pointless and wastes a pill AND messes up how long her cycle is. One pill a day is the proper dosage.
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Georgia59
replied on October 15th, 2007
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Yeah don't do that. Take one pill every day at the same time and you will be fine.
How long has she been on the pill before now?
However, you have a lot of leeway about the timing, you don't have to worry until you're really late multiple times.

It takes a few weeks after you had sex for a pregnancy test to work. Her cycle is probably messed up because of the extra pill.

If you are taking the pills correctly, you do not need to pull out, you do not need to use condoms, and you do not need to freak out if you have sex! That's why we take the pills, right?
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