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Q: Timing of missed pills!?

asked by: monday33 on January 19th, 2008

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I am on junel (the generic brand of bc for Loestrin Fe 1/20). Last month my husband and I went on vacation during christmas time (Dec. 23rd, 24th and 25th) not realizing that I had left my birth control home. So I missed the first three days of the third week of active pills. Doing this made my period come early. When we got back from vacation I continued taking my pills like normal and my period stopped. I also skipped my placebo pills the next week and started a new pack of bc) but we continued having sex w/out any other form of protection. That same week (New Years Eve) with all the celebration I totally forgot to take a pill. Up until now I have continued taking my pills but there were a few times that I took them extremely late and one day somewhere along the line that I missed another pill!! We have sex on a pretty regular basis... Now tomorrow is going to be the first day of my placebo pills....usually I have a little breakthrough bleeding the week before my pills but I didn't this time....I know no one can possibly know if I'm pregnant or not...but do you think the timing of my missed pills would have made me ovulate or do you think I was protected? Do you think that the fact I had no breakthrough bleeding this week like normal could possibly mean a pregnancy? I have had what you could consider early pregnancy signs but I also know that those can be because of missed pills or PMS.....I know all I have to do is wait for a missed period...which would usually be in a couple days from now but I'm impatient!! haha Any thoughts or similar experiences? Do you think there's a good or bad chancd of being pregnant!? Smile

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Tylanas

replied on January 19th, 2008

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If you had sex during those three missed days OR 7 days afterwards, you could be pregnant.

The one missed pill (either time) is probably nothing to worry about. Pills are not considered "late" until 6 hours after you were supposed to take them.

We cannot predict ovulation because you're not supposed to ovulate on the pills. It doesn't matter when you miss the pill, aside from the first active week - your chances of ovulation are no higher.

The fact that you don't have breakthrough bleeding could be a sign of pregnancy, but you also had a wacky cycle because of the three missed days previously.

You don't necessarily have to wait for a missed period. Most tests are accurate for most women 14 days (2 weeks) after unprotected sex. You could have gotten pregnant during the three days you missed the pill and seven days afterwards.

If I'm correct, you missed pills on the 23-25th, so seven days added to that is January 1st. Any act of unprotected sex during this time period could have gotten you pregnant. The 15th of January was when you could have started testing. A test will be accurate for you right now. Make sure to use urine when you first wake up in the morning.

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