I'd take the plan b. What is it going to hurt if you take it unnecessarily?

You should find a method of birth control that works for you and your lifestyle. ALWAYS use condoms in addition to your birth control pills. Then you won't have this fear too.

Good luck!

take plan b and know that the earlier you take the more effective. In the future stop messing with the pills bcause they will reduce effectiveness and cause you to have irratic cycles.

Absolutely take the Plan B as soon as possible. If you ovulate before you take it it won't work.

I'd keep some extra Plan B around for emergencies.

That is not recommended. Plan B will and should not be given for more than one use. ECP is not a regular form of BC and this is exactly why they struggled to make it available over the counter.What she needs to do is be more responsible and take her BCP daily and use condoms as the back up not ECP.

Doctors around where I live are recommending that you keep a dose for emergencies.
If you are under 18 they recommend you at least have a signed prescription for it kept for emergencies, so you don't have to spend time making an appointment and going to see the doctor after the fact, because Plan B must be taken within a certain amount of time otherwise it is ineffective.


The reason Plan B took so long to achieve OTC status had nothing to do with it's safety. It has to do with a conservative administration running our government, and like-minded people thinking Plan B would make women promiscuous.



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No one said it should be used for a regular form of birth control. I agree with the rest of your post, though.

Here is some interesting reading on the subject of Plan B:

Women over the age of 18 can now buy Plan B over the counter and keep a dose in their medicine cabinet for emergencies.



Is EC Safe?
Use of birth control pills as emergency contraception has been practiced since the 1960s. In fact, the American Medical Association, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the Society for Adolescent Medicine support easier access to EC, asserting that EC is entirely safe for teenage and adult women. Numerous studies of regular use of oral contraceptives (even the older, higher dose preparations) found no increased risk of birth defects. EC is safe enough that it is already available without a doctor's prescription in more than 30 countries around the world.


[W]'hile all of the scientific and medical evidence indicates that the drug is safe for all women of childbearing age, when Plan B was approved for “over the counter” sale, dual status with age restrictions was imposed. As discussed previously, women over the age of 18 can purchase Plan B without a prescription, while women under the age of 18 still need to visit a provider for a prescription before they can access the drug (Kauffman & Stein, 2006). This places additional burdens on young women, who, by the very nature of their age will have a more difficult time accessing Plan B in a timely manner than older women who have access to additional resources. It is also particularly worrisome in light of the fact that the rate of teen pregnancy in the United States ranks highest among industrialized Western nations (NARAL, 2006).

In deciding the case of Plan B’s over the counter status, the Food and Drug Administration deviated from a number of its standard operating procedures and protocols without due cause (Davidoff, 2006). To protect the scientific integrity of the agency from political influence, a thorough review of the events leading up to the three year indecision and the subsequent dual status recommendation of Plan B’s over the counter status is in order.

if you are comfortable taking plan b then do it! you need to be smart about your birth control pills or get onto the depo shot!

I'd say get the ring. It's as effective as the pill and you can still get your period at regular times. The only thing you have to remember with the ring is when you put it in so you can take it out at the right time for your period.

Has anyone tried Lybrel?