Lost a birth control pill?!
Question: Lost a birth control pill!?
I know that if you skip a day you can take two the next day!. However, this time I took a pill out of my pack and it fell on the floor somewhere and I can't find it!. Should I just go ahead and take tomorrow's pill tomorrow!.!.!.!. or what's the best thing to do!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Which pill!? That's the key!.
If it's in the middle, you are safe in skipping it, not taking it at all!.
You need 7 pills in a row to be protected (not counting the sugar pills at the end)!.
So, if it's pill number 8 - 14 you are okay!.
If it's from the first or last week of hormone pills, use a back-up, like condoms for 7 days!.
You could definitely just take the next pill now, and be short one at the end!. This is the best thing to do if your pack can be re-labled!. Just start your next pack a day early and lable it accordingly!.
If you can't change the lables, it will be confusing because you will always be a day off!. You could just start the new pack on the normal day, but you should use condoms for the first week of that pack (since there will be 8 hormone-free days instead of the usual 7)!.
I hope this makes sense!. I know it's confusing!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
If it's in the middle, you are safe in skipping it, not taking it at all!.
You need 7 pills in a row to be protected (not counting the sugar pills at the end)!.
So, if it's pill number 8 - 14 you are okay!.
If it's from the first or last week of hormone pills, use a back-up, like condoms for 7 days!.
You could definitely just take the next pill now, and be short one at the end!. This is the best thing to do if your pack can be re-labled!. Just start your next pack a day early and lable it accordingly!.
If you can't change the lables, it will be confusing because you will always be a day off!. You could just start the new pack on the normal day, but you should use condoms for the first week of that pack (since there will be 8 hormone-free days instead of the usual 7)!.
I hope this makes sense!. I know it's confusing!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
well when i miss one day of my pill, the next day i just take my regular pill that i was suppose to take for that day!. i just leave the untaken one in the packed so that way my cycle doesnt get screwed upWww@Answer-Health@Com
I would say to just do as you said,and wait until tomorrow and take that pill!. You my need to use a back-up method of birth control for about a week or so!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
haha! the EXACT same thing happened to me awhile! i just waited til the nexxt day and went on as though it never happened, i had no problems!Www@Answer-Health@Com
just leave it and go back to normal tomorrow, dont freakWww@Answer-Health@Com