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Q: Could I Be Preg?

asked by: Louloukachoo on April 17th, 2007

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okay i'll make this as short as i can. last month i forgot to take my packet of pills - stupid i know. though me and my bf used condoms then. but when i restartedd taking it after about a week of taking it we stopped using condoms and just rely on the pill. when i slept round his we then had sex in the morning, before i had taken my pill. i dont always take it the same time, i usually take it when i wake up so about 8/9 but on this day itk it about half 10/11. so i was worried incase i wasnt covered.
im ma to be on my period this week, but havent come on yet so me and my bf had sex today, my packet has ran out, but i should still be covered right? what do ya think the chances are that im preg?

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Georgia59

replied on April 17th, 2007

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If you have taken it for a week, then you should be ok. However, taking it at the same time every day is really important. If you take it at different times it is less effective, but usually they say within 3 hours. If it is the mini-pill (progesterone only) then you have to be even more careful, because as much as an hour will make your chances of getting pregnant soar. What kind of pill are you on?

No one can say for sure what your chances are, but I do know that taking the pill at different times makes it less effective.

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