I just started taking the pill and I finished my first pack, minus the placebos. I had forgotten to take 2 pills in a row, one dark blue and one light blue. So I continued to take a pill until this Sunday... where I started a new pack since I missed 2 pills in a row. My boyfriend and I are talking about "leaving it in" this weekend... is that safe? Considering these conditions.
I dont know exactly what u mean by leaving it in, but, when my lady misses a pill, she just takes it with her other pill on the next day, or as soon as she realizes she missed it. This doesnt happen often though. YOU MUST TAKE YOUR PILLS ON TIME!!! I know ALOT of people that got pregnant while on the pill because they fail to take them on a regular schedule. My lady takes her pill at 9pm at night when me and her are usually together and either one of us will remember so she can take it on time. ALSO, we both have our alarms on our cell phones to go off at that time. Pretty damn much fool proof.
Basically I mean, will it be safe without using another method, like a condom? I have been using back up methods the first month, and we're want to stop now that it's been a month.
your pill should have come with a package of information, you might need a magnifying glass though considering the size of the writing they usually use. The same information should also be on the company's website
NO! NO! NO! It will not be 100% safe. It would only be something like 96% safe IF you had taken your pills on time, or even taken them in the first place.... but you didn't do that. Because you didn't take 2 pills, it is not even 96% safe to have unprotected sex. By saying this, i am taking for granted the fact that you know all about STDs, and both of you have been tested for ALL of them. RIGHT? As the always wise Ihmurria said, always read all of the pamphlet that came with your pills. If you no longer have the book, go to the companies website. You do know that taking antibotics interfere with the effectivness too, right. Basically, have unprotected sex with your boyfriend if you want to become pregnant.
But I started the new pack... taking every pill on time. Is it safe after a week or two of taking the pills? When will it be safe? The doctor says one month, the website says you'll be protected after one week.
Make him wear a condom every time - you will not be protected from STDs without them and it is better to be safe than pregnant - which I assume you don't want.
if the doctor says a month, well.. then you should risk it, don't you think? Because doctors never know what they are talking about.... Your doctor is being extra safe by telling you to wait a month. The drug company wants you to love its product, so it is telling you the quickest possiable effective date. It might be safe. MIGHT. BUt as I said, even if it is "safe" its only safe 96 times out of 100... so if you have sex 100 times, 4 of those times you got pregnant. I never liked those odds personally... lol. I still wouldn't do it. Listen to your doctor.. not some drug company only after profits.
er, no, it means that of 100 people who used the pill for x time period (I believe it was a year, but I could be wrong on that), 4 got pregnant. Statistics are used strangely
yup yup.. the efficacy is described as failure per 100 women years i.e. the number of failures in a population of 100 women who have regular intercourse on the pill in 1 year.
