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if you miss 2 birth control pills during week 2 and have sex on those days can you get pregnant?

By Anonymous April 21, 2009 - 2:27pm
 
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I missed three birth control pills on my second week I was taking them.And the first one on my third week. So four all together. Today I'm on the Monday (white) pill which is the last week of the month pills. I'm worried that I can get pregnant for missing those pills. What can I do???

August 24, 2009 - 4:27pm
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I missed three pills in week two of my pack. I believe I even started this pack a day or two late. However, in the past I've had many failures to take pills on time, resulting in many 'doubling-ups' and sometimes doubling up for multiple days...I've missed pills in every week in a row and my point is, I haven't gotten pregnant. Not even a scare...I've had an abortion and also a miscarriage in 5 years. Is there a possibility of a damaged uterus? :(

August 24, 2009 - 10:37am
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Hi there,

i missed two pills in a row and so i was suppose to complete the 7 day rule however i had unprotected sex after only completing 6 pills of the 7 day rule. Is there much of a chance i could get pregnant? Is having 6 pills after missing two more effective than having say only one or two?

Please write back! thankyou

August 23, 2009 - 11:43pm
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i meant i should have taken two pills friday.. - N

August 23, 2009 - 9:59pm
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Anonymous

hi allison b. yes i took a pill on friday but that was the thursday pill and then took on saturday the saturday pill and friday pill... so i ws wondering if im that too late? cos i ashouldnt have taken the 2 pills friday... ty-- N

August 23, 2009 - 9:25pm
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its trisprintec . its the 28 days pills. i just said 7th week cos i started my pills july and this is my 2nd month (august)... im on my 3rd week now for month of august. i missed 1 on 3rd week of august. instead of taking 2pills friday cos i missed it thursday. i tool 2pills on saturday. am i safe? me and my partner had unprotected sex :( . tnx --- N

August 23, 2009 - 7:47pm
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Hi trisprintec,

Missing 1 pill, and then doubling-up, is most likely fine. Just to be clear, the pill you missed was Thursday's pill. Did you take Friday's pill? Then, on Saturday, you took Thursday's missed pill and Saturday's regular pill...is this all correct?

The effectiveness rate of the pill, when used consistently and correctly each time is 99% (at preventing pregnancy). Any time you miss a pill, this effectiveness rate may decline, but the sharpest decrease is when women miss 2 or more pills in-a-row. As long as you took Friday's pill, then doubled-up on Saturday, I would not worry about the effectiveness rate changing for you.

August 23, 2009 - 8:44pm
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hi allison b tnx its trisprintec. i missed taking active pills on my 7th week. well this what happened, last night i took my sat pill then noticed i still havent taken the friday pill but i remember i took one friday that made me think i missed either thu or wednesday.my concern is am i at risk of getting pregnant cos i took 2 later than thursday?instead of taking 2 pills friday, i took 2 pills saturday.. me and my partner had unprotected sex thu, fri, sat... thank you so much

August 23, 2009 - 6:15pm
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Hi,
What type of birth control pills are you taking, as you said you missed pills on your 7th week. This does not sound like the typical 28-day pill (as these would be only 4 week packs). Are you taking Seasonale or something else?

August 23, 2009 - 6:38pm
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Hi everyone
So i stopped taking my pill for a month to clean out my system. This month i started to take it again, i had taken i think 1 or 2 pills and had unprotected sex. This was on 3 or 4 days ago. This morning i got up and came to work and i felt queesy, like i was going to be sick, i didnt end up getting sick but im worried it could be from a pregnancy. Iv tried to look it up but i cant find much about it.
Can you help me ?

August 23, 2009 - 11:47am
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