I hope I answered your question...should she stop or continue taking the pills...in my previous (albeit long-winded) response.
The short-answer: there has been no evidence that taking birth control pills causes birth defects, when taken during early pregnancy.
The ideal-answer: Tuk would decide what she wants to do, and make it her priority to either a) not be pregnant at this time, and take her pill consistently and correctly every day without being reminded, or b) decide to try to become pregnant at this time, and stop taking her pills in order to begin tracking her monthly cycles, so that her and her doctor can better determine ovulation and due dates (when pregnancy occurs).
What she is doing now: taking the pill on and off (mostly off), then taking emergency contraception, is going to not only "confuse" her menstrual cycles (as this is a lot of synthetic hormones suddenly in her body...and then suddenly not in her body), that it is best for her to make a healthy decision about her body. If she wants a pregnancy, it is best not to take hormonal contraception and not to take emergency contraception, and begin taking prenatal vitamins. If she does not want a pregnancy at this time...please let her know there are very good options for hormonal contraception that she would only need to remember once/month or four times per year!
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I hope I answered your question...should she stop or continue taking the pills...in my previous (albeit long-winded) response.
The short-answer: there has been no evidence that taking birth control pills causes birth defects, when taken during early pregnancy.
The ideal-answer: Tuk would decide what she wants to do, and make it her priority to either a) not be pregnant at this time, and take her pill consistently and correctly every day without being reminded, or b) decide to try to become pregnant at this time, and stop taking her pills in order to begin tracking her monthly cycles, so that her and her doctor can better determine ovulation and due dates (when pregnancy occurs).
What she is doing now: taking the pill on and off (mostly off), then taking emergency contraception, is going to not only "confuse" her menstrual cycles (as this is a lot of synthetic hormones suddenly in her body...and then suddenly not in her body), that it is best for her to make a healthy decision about her body. If she wants a pregnancy, it is best not to take hormonal contraception and not to take emergency contraception, and begin taking prenatal vitamins. If she does not want a pregnancy at this time...please let her know there are very good options for hormonal contraception that she would only need to remember once/month or four times per year!
October 11, 2009 - 12:38pmThis Comment
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