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jessamyn Extremely eHealthy
March 7th, 2008
Okay so heres the deal, I always take my pill regualrly etc... well last night I went to take my pill and took it out of the package (I had just put lotion on) it slipped out of my fingers and went down the drain :(

I paniced and took fridays pill. Will in the end missing that one pill screw me up?

I know I am a mod and all and I preach taking birth control and sticking with it.

I am not asking in reguards to pregnancy though, since I am not having any sex currently.

I am wondering in terms of my monthly cycle.



I also posted this in the Birth Control section
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Mabel
replied March 7th, 2008
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I think you'll be fine. It may throw your cycle off for a day or possibly two. Carifairy in birth control will totally know the answer though!! She is a Goddess when it comes to knowing all there is to know and more about birth control!
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jessamyn
replied March 7th, 2008
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hopefully she will answer Smile i posted it here and there! Thanks so much Ingi!
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rosejackson
replied March 7th, 2008
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i dont see there's a problem at all. there may be an off chance of throwing your cycle of a day or two, but nothing more
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PenguinsRus
replied March 7th, 2008
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You should definitely be alright. If anything, you'll just bleed a day or so earlier but when you start your next pack everything should get right back on track.
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seksiHily
replied March 7th, 2008
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Ive several times missed my last pill of the month and been just fine but when you call a nurseline they tell you to have an extra pack on hand... which is just kinda weird.
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Verizon-y
replied March 7th, 2008
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Why is that weird, and how can you get an extra pack?
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jessamyn
replied March 7th, 2008
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Yeah I dont think the pharmacist would just give you an extra pack even if you paid for it? Maybe if you went in twice to a free clinic? But even then they are suppose to keep track of it. I know I can only get one set a month from my pharmacist. Plus I wouldnt want to get like "an extra pack" from a clinic... knowing it would be a different brand with a different hormonal dosage
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Verizon-y
replied March 7th, 2008
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Things like this (losing a pill) MUST have happened to other women. You'd think a pharmacy would be able to replace one pill for you. Maybe???
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Mabel
replied March 7th, 2008
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I think because one pill makes such a non-difference... they don't care.
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Verizon-y
replied March 7th, 2008
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Ingi wrote:
I think because one pill makes such a non-difference... they don't care.


I must be getting brainwashed from this site, because so many girls claim to have gotten pregnant while on the pill because they "forgot just one" or "didn't take it at exactly the right time", etc.
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jessamyn
replied March 7th, 2008
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futureshock wrote:
Ingi wrote:
I think because one pill makes such a non-difference... they don't care.


I must be getting brainwashed from this site, because so many girls claim to have gotten pregnant while on the pill because they "forgot just one" or "didn't take it at exactly the right time", etc.


Haha I think and would like to feel what Ingi meant was not about it being okay for a young teen girl who is sexually active to miss a pill, however with Josh gone, I am not having any sex this is all simply in worry of my period cycle!
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Mabel
replied March 7th, 2008
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If you lose, say, Friday's pill - and instead take Saturday's pill, the Sunday's pill is taken on Saturday and so on - you only short change yourself on a one day earlier period. Having back-up 'extra' pills around because of a one day earlier period seems a bit silly to me.

I didn't mean, by ANY MEANS that anyone should ever 'skip' a pill.
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sweet_mom
replied March 7th, 2008
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futureshock wrote:
Why is that weird, and how can you get an extra pack?


I actually have an extra pack all the time,my doctor writes me a prescription for 6 months worth of birth control,I go to the pharmacy and they ask me how many I want.It's cheaper to buy them all at once but I usually just take two at a time because I am horrible for putting things in 'safe' keeping and then forgetting where I put them.

I think it all depends on the type of birth control you have,I'm on Alesse 28 and I missed a pill while I was on vacation and it didn't affect my period at all.It still came at the right time and lasted the normal 2 days.
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bellax0x
replied March 8th, 2008
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yeah i get my b/c three packs at a time
jess i think you'll totally be fine. you'll just get your period one day earlier. no biggie
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Emma2
replied March 12th, 2008
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You will be fine ! One pill might make your period come earlier or a little late. It doesnt make such a huge impact though.
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