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Q: I Always Stress When It's Placebo Week.

asked by: Tylanas on January 25th, 2006

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Hi, i've been on here before... Look, here's my deal, and I know I shouldn't be stressing about it because... Well, here:

i don't see my bf often because we live 3 hours apart, so whenever he comes up, we have sex for those 2 or three days he's there. Now you'd think that statistically, he'd come during days i'm on active pills but in dec and the beginning of jan he came on the ending weekend on my placebo pills! I start pills on mondays, so I start placebo pills on monday. I get my periods by wednesday normally, ocassionally thursday (right when I first started taking them). My period ends by saturday. So, since that is the weekend I see my bf, i'd have sex after my period ended... But i'm still on the placebo pills until that monday. So, that's 2 days of unprotected sex on placebo pills before active pills start.

The pills say that I am safe even during the placebo week, but me and my bf never have sex before my period just because the risk is too great, but, after my period, there's no more uterine lining, I supposedly haven't ovulated, and even if I wasn't on the pills, ovulation isn't until like day 10 of the cycle, so I figure i'm safe. I did this in dec, and my period came fine. That week my period came my bf and I had sex again after it was done, and so now... I am on the placebo week once more, and it is wednesday morning. 1:28 in the morning, I know. My period shouldn't start until later today, around noon.

My period came fine last month, and I did the sme thing, so the logical part of me is saying: have faith in the pill, because you take it regularly and you never miss pills... Plus i'm really skinny so it's no like there isn't enough horomone do to the job.

I freak every month even if I don't have sex during the placebo week and had sex earlier in the month during the active pills. I always always worry about my period...

Replies(11)

oopoopoop

replied on January 25th, 2006

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You absolutely should not worry about it! You are no more likely to be at risk during the placebo week than during the active week. You are not ovulating. After your period, you will not have ovulated.

Enjoy!!!!!!

Carifairy

replied on January 25th, 2006

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Yes you are protected at all times during the placebo week.

Tylanas

replied on January 25th, 2006

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poopoopoo wrote:

you absolutely should not worry about it! You are no more likely to be at risk during the placebo week than during the active week. You are not ovulating. After your period, you will not have ovulated.

Enjoy!!!!!!

thank you, guys :) both of ya!

Tylanas

replied on January 26th, 2006

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I just want you to know I got my period (of course, I know, I know x.D)

sunnyface22

replied on January 26th, 2006

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I feel your pain honey! I am not a sexual person at all. I dont enjoy sex all that much. It actually hurts me more than it feels good so I dont do it that often. Ive been on ortho lo for a year and a half and I have never forgotten to take a pill,. Ever! I am the most psychotic person in the world when it comes to birth control becuase I am terrified of getting pregnant. Not only do I take my pill religiously, my boyfriend uses a condom, every time, and he pulls out before ejaculation. The sad thing is, hes is just as psycho as me and he doesnt want to take any chances...Yet, every month, I cant wait for my p eriod just to prove to myself that im ok. I hate it and I hate being so scared all the time but I cant help it. I am scared to death that this little tiny pill doesnt do its job. I know we all just have to relax and have faith in our pills!!! We are fine!!! :p

Tylanas

replied on January 26th, 2006

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sunnyface22 wrote:

i feel your pain honey! I am not a sexual person at all. I dont enjoy sex all that much. It actually hurts me more than it feels good so I dont do it that often. Ive been on ortho lo for a year and a half and I have never forgotten to take a pill,. Ever! I am the most psychotic person in the world when it comes to birth control becuase I am terrified of getting pregnant. Not only do I take my pill religiously, my boyfriend uses a condom, every time, and he pulls out before ejaculation. The sad thing is, hes is just as psycho as me and he doesnt want to take any chances...Yet, every month, I cant wait for my p eriod just to prove to myself that im ok. I hate it and I hate being so scared all the time but I cant help it. I am scared to death that this little tiny pill doesnt do its job. I know we all just have to relax and have faith in our pills!!! We are fine!!! :p

well, i'm actually a very sexual person! I love having sex as much as possible! But I am terrified of getting pregnant. We're not that terrified; he comes inside of me without condoms; but I still have faith in the pills because that's what my mom used for three years between me and my brother. It is scary to think that the little pill is supposed to prevent something potentially horrible and life-wrecking from happening though! Hopefully this month will serve to resolidify my trust in modern medicine :)

sunnyface22

replied on January 27th, 2006

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Thaanks for the reply. Im actually glad that im not a sexual person and that I dont see my boyfriend enough for him to want to have sex all the time because its usually hard for us to even be together alone since we both have roommmates around all the time. Thank god because im terrified of getting pregnant and there is no way in hell that I would ever let him cum in me. No way! I know someone who got pregnant that way and she was on the pill. I would never take that risk. Not until we are married at least. Its just that im a nervous wreck every month no sex is the only safe sex!! I love the months that I dont have sex cause I know my period is always going to come!

Jen2008

replied on February 2nd, 2009

New User

This blog saved my sanity

I just did the same exact thing 2 days ago. And I'm freaking out. I've thought about getting the morning after pill because I am so scared. I've freaked out about this before and of course I was fine, but I can never be sure. Do you think that I'm ok, or should i get that pill just in case, even though I'm on my active pills again

Maddie34

replied on February 2nd, 2009

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If you've been taking your pills correctly then there's no reason to assume you were not protected during the placebo week or any other time while on the pill Smile

You don't need the morning after pill Wink

MaxtheGirl

replied on August 5th, 2009

New User

PLACEBO WEEK PILLS DO NOT WORK!

The Placebo week pills DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT contain hormones. This is what allows your body to ovulate and produce a period. CALL PLANNED PARENTHOOD, they will put you in touch with a doctor who will inform you of the NEED to use a back-up method during this week. It is unfortunate that there is SO much misinformation on this point, and probably a few unplanned pregnancy too. USE BACK P DURING THE PLACEBO WEEK, and do stress if you don't! Get informed ladies!!!!

Maddie34

replied on August 5th, 2009

Moderator

MaxtheGirl,

Your information is wrong. You may want to read up on how birth control pills actually work. Here
is a site that will explain it. There is a very informative, step by step video if you're still unsure.

Also, here is a link from Planned Parenthood explaing that back up is not needing for the placebo week. Because there's a lot of info on that page, I'll just quote it:

Quote:

Do women who take the pill need to use another kind of protection during menstruation when they are taking the non-active, reminder pills?

No, another contraceptive method is not needed to prevent pregnancy. Combined hormone birth control pills work primarily by preventing ovulation — the release of the egg from the ovary. If the pill is taken daily as prescribed, eggs will not usually be released. Pills also work by thickening the cervical mucus. In the rare instance that an egg is released, the thick cervical mucus will prevent sperm from entering the uterus. An egg can only live up to 24 hours. In the very unlikely event that the egg is released on the day the last active pill is taken (Day 21), the cervical mucus will prevent fertilization.

The effect of hormones taken during the 21 active pill days continues while the non-active reminder pills are taken. This means that fertilization does not take place at any time during the 28-day cycle in which the pills are taken — even during the time that reminder pills are taken and menstruation occurs.
Source

Misinformation is very unfortunate-- I completely agree with you on that point. glance

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