Birth control ?!


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Birth control ?

ok so i have been on BC for about 4 months now i take it at the same time everyday - 4:00 .. but yesterday i forgot to take it till like 5ish. I went to a party and smoked that night and i felt sick and puked around 12am , now does this mean the pill came out of my system should i be worried and not have sex for a little while? (not saying im going to just saying just incase?) or is the pill in my body .. and puking doesnt matter?


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If you do not regularly vomit due to illness and this is a one-time thing, you may continue to take your pills without fear of conceiving.
The following is recommended:
"If you miss taking a pill on one day, take it as soon as you remember. Take the next pill at the regular time, even if this means you take two pills in one day."
Reference: http://www.engenderhealth.org/wh/fp/ccoc...
That being said, it has also been found that:
"If COC pills are taken every day within 4 hours of the scheduled time, with no missed pills, no vomiting or diarrhea, no antibiotic or other medication use which can change absorption or OCP metabolism, then the pregnancy rate is only 1 out 1000 women using the pill for the first year. However, users usually miss some pills or restart late after the pill-free interval making the actual failure rate 5% or 5 women out of 100 users get pregnant in the first year of use. Progestin only pills have a “perfect user” failure rate of 0.5% or 1 woman out of 500 users and the same “typical” failure rate of 5% in the first year. Progestin only pills contain only progestin at approximately 1/3 of the COC dose, so 50% of women ovulate while using the POP hence cervical mucus is the primary barrier to conception. POPs need to be taken every day within 3 hours of the same time with no pill-free interval or scheduled withdrawal bleeding days. The progestin dose is so low the cervical mucus could change to allow sperm penetration if the progestin levels fall with late POP pill use."
Reference: http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:been...
So, you have to find out if you are using COC (combination oral contraceptives) or POP (progestin only pills).
Good luck.




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