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Q: Mini Pill Questions
asked by: cas_babe285 on February 12th, 2008
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i have been on the mini pill since last october and have not had a period since i started taking them, last saturday (3feb) i totally forgot to take my pill but didnt realise till sunday night after i ha unprotected sex i know this is too soon to get pregnant but i wondered when u ovulate after a missed pill as i cannot use my period dates as i havent had a period since oct i also had unprotected sex on fri 8th and sat 9th i again missed my pill on saturday night and again didnt realise till sunday and have had unprotected sex on sun and mon with my fiance i know its stupid but i forgot that i wasnt covered for 7 days after missing a pill.
is there a chance i could have got pregnant? how can i find my ovulation date without having a period? will i still ovulate? im so confused sorry everyone lol
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Georgia59
replied on February 12th, 2008
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Actually, on most mini-pills, if you miss one, you are protected after two days. 48 hours. So the sex you had on the 8th and 9th was protected, as long as you had been taking your pills correctly from the 3rd to then.

If you aren't having a period, there's no way to know when you are ovulating. You might still ovulate, there's like a 50% chance that you are ovulating, the mini-pill works in different ways than most pills (which is why it's effective after only two days). SO what I'm saying is, you might be ovulating, but there's really no way to know if you are or when you are, if your period isn't regular.

The mini-pill is a lot pickier than most pills. You have to take it on time every day (meaning, no more than 3 hours later) or you do have a chance of getting pregnant. So, if you missed a pill Saturday, and had sex on Sunday, you could get pregnant even if you took the pill Sunday. So you could be pregnant from that first time you mentioned.

You will have to wait until about two weeks after that first time (until the 18th) but then you can take a pregnancy test.
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