Wow, I'm glad I'm not alone on the crazy train on this one.
I'm in kind of a similar situation. 20 years old, newly sexually active... except I've been on the pill for about 2 years. I started taking it way before I started having sex, because I was only getting periods twice or three times per year, and my doctor said that was the easiest way to fix that. For the first, I'd say about year and a half of taking the pill, I wasn't having sex and was just using it for hormones, so I was pretty lax about actually taking it at the same exact time. But recently, I have been CRAZY paranoid that I'm going to get pregnant. My boyfriend and I are great together, really- but let's face it. college isn't exactly the best time for a fetus! We use condoms every time (with the exception of occasionally in the shower, but he never finishes that way) - so the risk is pretty low. I was just wondering, if I take a pill by several hours late - like maybe around 7-8 - I know you're supposed to use a back up method for a week but after that - will protection-wise everything go back to normal? I take a triphasic pill (trisprintec) and it was at the end of the first week in the pack. Do you know of a lot of people who took the pill properly and still got pregnant? Do you know of people who missed an occasional pill - not by a whole day or anything - but but a few hours - getting pregnant? Sorry if this is rambl-y too, I'm almost done I promise! I am especially concerned, because I'm having a conflict of interest. After the few shower "slip-ups", the whole lack-of-condom thing is growing on me... and since I've been taking the pill for a long time I think it might not be the worst thing. But like i said, I'm also really paranoid, so can anyone help to put my mind at ease and faith in the pill?
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Wow, I'm glad I'm not alone on the crazy train on this one.
July 8, 2010 - 6:01pmI'm in kind of a similar situation. 20 years old, newly sexually active... except I've been on the pill for about 2 years. I started taking it way before I started having sex, because I was only getting periods twice or three times per year, and my doctor said that was the easiest way to fix that. For the first, I'd say about year and a half of taking the pill, I wasn't having sex and was just using it for hormones, so I was pretty lax about actually taking it at the same exact time. But recently, I have been CRAZY paranoid that I'm going to get pregnant. My boyfriend and I are great together, really- but let's face it. college isn't exactly the best time for a fetus! We use condoms every time (with the exception of occasionally in the shower, but he never finishes that way) - so the risk is pretty low. I was just wondering, if I take a pill by several hours late - like maybe around 7-8 - I know you're supposed to use a back up method for a week but after that - will protection-wise everything go back to normal? I take a triphasic pill (trisprintec) and it was at the end of the first week in the pack. Do you know of a lot of people who took the pill properly and still got pregnant? Do you know of people who missed an occasional pill - not by a whole day or anything - but but a few hours - getting pregnant? Sorry if this is rambl-y too, I'm almost done I promise! I am especially concerned, because I'm having a conflict of interest. After the few shower "slip-ups", the whole lack-of-condom thing is growing on me... and since I've been taking the pill for a long time I think it might not be the worst thing. But like i said, I'm also really paranoid, so can anyone help to put my mind at ease and faith in the pill?
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