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Q: Late Birth Control Pill Panic

asked by: dallas4 on December 30th, 2004

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I'm in a bit of a panic. I took the third last of my active pills about 9 hours late. I followed the instructions and took it as soon as I remembered and then continued on with the rest of my pills. I finished the pills 3 days later and had my period as normal the following week. The day after I finished my period I had unprotected contact with my boyfriend (we used a condom, but did have some contact before the condom). I am worried that the missed pill would have altered my ovulation cycle for my next preiod, and that having sex a week after missing my pill may have been a mistake. Could someone please give me some advice, or try to calm me down, bacuse as the days go by i'm starting to freak out even more. Thank you

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steen

replied on January 3rd, 2005

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Re: Late Birth Control Pill Panic

dallas4 wrote:

i'm in a bit of a panic. I took the third last of my active pills about 9 hours late. I followed the instructions and took it as soon as I remembered and then continued on with the rest of my pills. I finished the pills 3 days later and had my period as normal the following week. The day after I finished my period I had unprotected contact with my boyfriend (we used a condom, but did have some contact before the condom). I am worried that the missed pill would have altered my ovulation cycle for my next preiod, and that having sex a week after missing my pill may have been a mistake. Could someone please give me some advice, or try to calm me down, bacuse as the days go by i'm starting to freak out even more. Thank you

you were ok up until your period. 9 hrs is enough of a margin to protect you.

It is not clear whether your latest sex was more than one week after your last pill? If so, you would not be protected at all during this whole month, as the hormones need to be onboard from the very start of the cycle to prevent the ovaries from kicking into gear. But if your period ended before the 7 days were up and you were not yet scheduled to start the next pack, then you should be ok.

dallas4

replied on January 8th, 2005

New User

Thanks for your help. The sex that I had was during the 7 days of sugar pills, and then I started the next pack on the schedueled day. My concern was that I had taken the third last pill in the previous pack late, and then finished the pack and took the 7 day break. I thought it might mess up my next cycle and cause me to ovulate early (possibly during the 7 day break or shortly after) thus putting me at risk. I know that I followed the instructions perfectly but I am still really worried that I put myself at risk. Anyone else have words of encouragement for me?

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