I Always Stress When It's Placebo Week. Posted: 01-25-06 01:28am
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...
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oopoopoop
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Posted: 01-25-06 07:04am
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!!!!!!
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Carifairy
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Posted: 01-25-06 13:32pm
Yes you are protected at all times during
the placebo week.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 01-25-06 15:26pm
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!
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Tylanas
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Posted: 01-26-06 22:34pm
I just want you to know I got my period
(of course, I know, I know x.D)
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sunnyface22
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Posted: 01-26-06 22:59pm
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
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Tylanas
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Posted: 01-26-06 23:31pm
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 :)
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sunnyface22
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Posted: 01-27-06 18:23pm
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!
