Everything i've read says that the pill
should be taken at the same time every
day. Just how exact does that have to
be? I normally take my pill at around
noon, but today I was going to be in a
meeting at noon, so I took it before I
left the house, at about 7:30am.
Yesterday was the first day of a new pack,
and I took yesterday's pill around 11am.
I'm planning on taking tomorrow's at
around 10am, to balance out the times, but
i'm not sure if that works or not. Am I
still covered even though I took it a few
hours early today, or should I use back up
for a week?
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cherry_pie
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jan 2004 Posts: 599
Posted: 05-18-04 12:37pm
Nah, you should be fine.. The bc from the
day b4 would still have been in your
system somewhat.. Another girl posted on
here awhile that while on vacation she
didn't take into account the time change,
and took her pill an hour later than
normal for a week... And everyone said
that she would be fine.. It all comes
down to if you take your pill everyday
without missing.. And within a couple
hours of each other.. Some people may say
that your not as protected as you would be
if you took it at the exact same time
every single day, but I don't understand
how the ppl who tested the pill in labs
figured that we were such perfect human
beings that we would be able to do that
all the time
But yes, I would think that you would be
fine.
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sprite
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 May 2004 Posts: 5 Location: England
Posted: 05-19-04 05:07am
I took the pill for a short while, urm...
I think it was called cilest? And with
that one, I remember it told me to take it
at around the same time, but you shouldn't
get any trouble as long as it is with in
12 hours of the normal time.
But yes, I would think that you would be
fine.