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Q: Same Time Every Day?
asked by: BloodRedSky on May 18th, 2004
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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
replied on May 18th, 2004
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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 Confused But yes, I would think that you would be fine.
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sprite
replied on May 19th, 2004
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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.
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