Starting a New Pack of Yaz Late Posted: 12-28-07 12:19pm
I have been on Yaz for a few months now
and recently completed my 5th pill pack.
I wasn't able to purchase my next pill
pack until 2 weeks later and started that
sunday as usual. I took the pill for 7
days again before having sex. I figured
this would be okay, but am now a little
concerned because i had premenstrual
syndromes last week and was even bleeding
a little bit. I'm still in the middle of
that last pack I started! Was I protected?
or should I be worried about how off my
schedule is now?
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Carifairy
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Posted: 12-28-07 17:40pm
YES you were protected.
Bleeding is normal anytime you miss pills,
or start a new pack later than usual.
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womaninpain
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Posted: 12-28-07 23:14pm
When I was on Yaz or any BCP for that
matter the dr told me that if I missed
just to wait until the sunday after my
period started to start the pills again (I
am notorious for missing pills) She said
otherwise it won't work. To be safe you
should take a test because you are
supposedly supposed to start the pills
after the period not just on any sunday so
try the test and go from there
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Tylanas
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Posted: 12-29-07 00:09am
Actually you were perfectly fine because
you waited 7 days. The PMS symptoms etc
are just due to being off the pills longer
than usual. It's very unlikely you're
pregnant. Pills do not have to be taken
right after your period to work. You can
start any day of the week at any time of
the month. The ONLY advantage to starting
the first day of your period is because
then you're safe immediately.
As for starting the sunday after your
period: You're NOT safe immediately unless
that also happens to be within 3 days of
your period starting. If that sunday is
farther than that, then you are NOT safe
and need to take the pills for a whole
week. So just because you start the pills
on the first sunday after your period
doesn't instantly make them work. You got
some rather bad advice from your gyno,
Womaninpain.
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womaninpain
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Posted: 12-29-07 01:00am
I didn't say that they worked instantly
Eiri, I was told that they were not
effective and that you can get pregnant if
you take them before your period so that
you should wait until the sunday after you
start your period to start taking them
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Carifairy
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Posted: 12-29-07 09:40am
WOMANINPAIN-
I work with Birth control, I am a womans
health professional.
What has been explained to you has not
been explained properly.
You cannot GET pregnant if you take pills
BEFORE your period starts... The problem
is that you might ALREADY BE PREGNANT, but
start the pills before you would even
know.
I tell women to go ahead and start pills
before their period, as long as they used
protection and we can reasonably assume
pregnancy is not a possibility.
I work in a clinic that provides abortion
services as well, so I have a lot of
experience dealing with unwanted pregnancy
and birth control issues.
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womaninpain
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Posted: 12-29-07 18:47pm
well that is interesting...I will have to
tell my doctor this and ask more
questions, I guess regardless it is a good
idea to start them the sunday after your
period.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 12-29-07 20:32pm
It's best to start them within three days
of the start of your period no matter what
day of the week it is. That way you're
safe immediately. If you just start any
sunday after your period, you may still
have to wait a week.
