Birth control question!?!
Question:
Birth control question!?
I started taking birth control pills nearly 2 weeks ago and already I feel like I'm screwing it up. I decided to take the pill at noon every day, however, because I'm a forgetful moron, this is how I've been taking it:
Monday: 12
Tuesday: 12:15
Wednesday: 11:50
Thursday: 12:30
Friday: 1:00
Like that. I always take it within the span of an hour or so but I feel like if I don't take it exactly at noon every day, I'm going to screw it up majorly. How bad is this? I'm scared it's less effective now!
Answers:
To be effective they say to take them at the same time every day
but you have a two hour window
so you want to take it at noon so you could take it any where from 11 to 1
The hormone levels are still going to be effective
What the concern is some one who always takes it in the morning and the next day they take it at bed time then in the morning again
that will mess it up
so relax you are doing fine
at some point in the future if you want to start to take it at another time you can do this by doing it slowly changing the time take it 1 hour later or earlier every day until you get to where you want
so if you want to start to take it at bed time for two to three days take it at 1 then after three days take it at 2 than 3 and so on
and it will still be effective