Please read the links provided above for more information!
If you miss two pills in-a-row, it is important to follow the instructions and make up the missed pills. The instructions also say to use a backup birth control method (condom) for the following 7 days. If you had unprotected sex within those 7 days, your pill is less effective when missing doses (it is only 99% effective when taken consistently and correctly every day).
If you had bleeding after missing pills (and not making them up), it may have been breakthrough bleeding, as your body was reacting to the abrupt absence of synthetic hormones from the pills. This is a normal reaction, and you may experience another "period" during your week of inactive pills. If you do not have bleeding during this time, take a home pregnancy test to be sure. You do have an increased risk of pregnancy when missing pills.
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Please read the links provided above for more information!
If you miss two pills in-a-row, it is important to follow the instructions and make up the missed pills. The instructions also say to use a backup birth control method (condom) for the following 7 days. If you had unprotected sex within those 7 days, your pill is less effective when missing doses (it is only 99% effective when taken consistently and correctly every day).
If you had bleeding after missing pills (and not making them up), it may have been breakthrough bleeding, as your body was reacting to the abrupt absence of synthetic hormones from the pills. This is a normal reaction, and you may experience another "period" during your week of inactive pills. If you do not have bleeding during this time, take a home pregnancy test to be sure. You do have an increased risk of pregnancy when missing pills.
February 6, 2011 - 8:27pmThis Comment
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