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Q: two pills in one day
asked by: sbelle on January 17th, 2008
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I had my days mixed up and just realized that I took two pills on Tuesday (the Tuesday and Wednesday pill) and the Thursday pill on Wednesday. It is now Thursday and I only have a Friday pill left. Should I go ahead and take the Friday pill today so I don't skip a day, or take the pill at my usual time on Friday? (it is the last pill in the pack) Im sorry if this is confusing. Thank you!
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Jude-Love
replied on January 17th, 2008
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Just wait until tomorrow and take it.
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Tylanas
replied on January 17th, 2008
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I wouldn't take that advice. It's better to have a pill every day than to purposely skip. Take one pill every day until you run out of ACTIVE pills. You can then open up another pill pack and use that as a "go-to" pack if you ever lose a pill or accidentally double up again. Take one ACTIVE pill from this go-to pack, and then you'll have taken the active pills for the right number of days, and you'll be back to the right day of the week to start your placebo week. That way your schedule isn't messed up AND you don't have an unprotected day.
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Georgia59
replied on January 18th, 2008
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do you have another pack? I'd keep taking it, it's ok to take two in a day (by accident) but don't skip another day. If you have another pack, steal one from there.
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PenguinsRus
replied on January 19th, 2008
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I agree with Eiri.

If you don't have an extra pack for a "go-to" pack, what you should do is take your pill without skipping any days. Then take the seven placebo pills like normal, and start the next pack as soon as you are done with this one. It would just move your schedule up by a day, but you would still be fully protected.
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caro5977
replied on August 11th, 2009
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Something similar to sbelle happened to me. My problem is I couldn't take an extra pill from a 'go-to' pack (wish it had occured to me then) and now if I take my 7 days without a pill my starting day will change from a friday to a thursday. I really do not want to change the day; is it really bad to take 8 days instead of 7 so I don't change my starting day??
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shelleybc2007
replied on August 11th, 2009
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always remember the rule. Miss two pills in the first two weeks and you are not covered for contraception. If you double in a day then resume your normal directions you may develope some brown stoting one to two days after as this is a step down in estrogen but don't worry..keep on schedule of you will have two periods in one month...
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