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Q: Seasonale...help!
asked by: taciturn on October 10th, 2006
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Ok. So my this is my first time taking seasonale. My period started on the 21st of last month, and I began taking the pills on the 29th. I know the package says to start the pill the sunday after your period starts. Well, hypothetically lets say the 21st(the start of my period) was a monday. That would mean that the following sunday(the 27th) was when the sunday start was supposed to be. Well, I waited two days after that sunday to start taking the pills. Since then, I have been taking the pills consistently for almost two weeks. During the second week, I had unprotected sex, where he used the withdrawl method. Is there a possibility that I started the pack too late, and could be in trouble?
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Carifairy
replied on October 10th, 2006
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The pill is effective 7 days after you start using it, so if you took it for two weeks before you had sex, then you are safe =)
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taciturn
replied on October 10th, 2006
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So it doesnt matter that I started it two days after the sunday after my period? Someone on here posted that it makes no difference when during your cycle you start taking the pill, but that they only instruct you to take it during your period because you get immediate protection that way. So I should be alright having started a wee bit later?
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Kia
replied on October 10th, 2006
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Yeah you can start taking the pill anytime.
That rule of thumb is if you start taking it on the first day of your period then you have cover right away.
If you start it at any other time you need to use 7 days back up protection first.
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Carifairy
replied on October 11th, 2006
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=) yeah, the period thing is just for the convenience of having immediate protection.
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