This makes sense: you missed two pills (Aug 14 & 15), and started your new pack of pills on August 22nd. From August 16-21 you would have been on your inactive pills, anyways.
There may be a slight chance of pregnancy, since you technically did have unprotected intercourse on August 24th. The reasoning behind this: you had only been taking your pills for 4 days, and ideally, you need to have the hormones in your system for 7 days to build up to the 99% effectiveness rate.
Any time you miss pills, especially 2 or more in-a-row, you need to use a back up method of birth control (condoms) for the next 7 days after you begin the active pills. Your body was essentially without the synthetic hormones from your pill for 8 days (14th-21st), since you missed two pills and did not "double-up".
What do the instructions of your specific pill pack say to do, if you miss 2 pills in week 3? They probably say to "double up" on the following days, throw out the rest of the pack, and start a new pack on the next Sunday (or whatever day you start). Is this correct?
Next time you miss pills, even if you are sick, double-up when you are feeling better (if you miss 2 pills in-a-row), and use condoms for the next 7 days after you begin taking the pills again. You need to have an entire week's worth of pills in your system before having sex without a backup method.
Since your boyfriend did not ejaculate inside of you, and it sounds like you used a condom fairly quickly, your chances of being pregnant are so slight that it would not be cause for concern.
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This makes sense: you missed two pills (Aug 14 & 15), and started your new pack of pills on August 22nd. From August 16-21 you would have been on your inactive pills, anyways.
There may be a slight chance of pregnancy, since you technically did have unprotected intercourse on August 24th. The reasoning behind this: you had only been taking your pills for 4 days, and ideally, you need to have the hormones in your system for 7 days to build up to the 99% effectiveness rate.
Any time you miss pills, especially 2 or more in-a-row, you need to use a back up method of birth control (condoms) for the next 7 days after you begin the active pills. Your body was essentially without the synthetic hormones from your pill for 8 days (14th-21st), since you missed two pills and did not "double-up".
What do the instructions of your specific pill pack say to do, if you miss 2 pills in week 3? They probably say to "double up" on the following days, throw out the rest of the pack, and start a new pack on the next Sunday (or whatever day you start). Is this correct?
Next time you miss pills, even if you are sick, double-up when you are feeling better (if you miss 2 pills in-a-row), and use condoms for the next 7 days after you begin taking the pills again. You need to have an entire week's worth of pills in your system before having sex without a backup method.
Since your boyfriend did not ejaculate inside of you, and it sounds like you used a condom fairly quickly, your chances of being pregnant are so slight that it would not be cause for concern.
I hope this helps!
August 25, 2009 - 12:53pmThis Comment
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