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Sunshine228,

Taking your pill at the same time every day will make your birth control pill 99% effective. If you take it at different times every day, then the effectiveness is decreased.

Two hours before or two hours after will not make a significant impact on its effectiveness-- so this is okay. It's when you take it at 9am one day and then 9pm the next that the effectiveness of the pill is decreased because it's peak has already passed and you'd be taking the chance of being unprotected for a few hours.
If you are on a mini-pill, try not to take it more than 1 hour before or 1 hour after you normally do.

Hope this answered your question!

Rosa

March 31, 2011 - 5:07am

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