it was just one question that I was concerned about

It went well, talked things through and I'm abstaining for a while after talking things through with my boyfriend

I take my pill everyday at 11:30am, At 3:15pm I was lying in bed and felt like I needed to burp but it brought up like acid or vomit which I swallowed down again (nothing came out of my mouth) sorry for being gross! Would this have affected my pill and would I need to take another today or should I ...

This is the third time this month that I've panicked that I haven't taken my pill so take an extra one, will this affect my protection during my week break? I take my last pill tomorrow and don't know what to do? My boyfriend and I fooled around last night but didn't have sex and I'm pretty sure he ...

Will my week break be affected?
I finish my pill packet tomorrow
And I'm going to go talk to my doctor about trying something different and abstaining for a while

If you accidentally take more than one pill in a day because you forgot you've taken it but then replace it the next day with a pill from a spare pack, will this affect your protection and will it affect your week break?

I accidentally ripped a tiny bit of my pill packet for the pill the next day, will this have any effect on the pill vein exposed to a little bit of air, it's not a big enough tear that the pill could fall out or anything?

Does something like acid reflux affect the effectiveness of the pill? I'm due to finish my pill packet in two days time and I'm just considering abstaining from sex for a while after this month, just to have a month of knowing I'm taking my pill properly everyday but not having to worry about anythi...

Quick question sorry,

will taking the pill without water and then burping affect it? Is it likely that the pill won't have reached my stomach?

Yeah I do have the fear of things going wrong a lot

Although I'm anxious about the pill, I still prefer to know that I can see that I take the pill everyday at 11:30 rather than an IUD that I wouldn't see

Hi Allybannsiders, Nope, something like that will not decrease the effectiveness. It seems like you've had a lot of concerns about your pill lately. Are you feeling totally comfortable with it as your birth control method? Or would you like information on some alternative options? I feel like I jus...

I feel like I just worry too much about it even though I take it everyday and use condoms too :| Quick question sorry, will taking the pill without water and then burping affect it? Is it likely that the pill won't have reached my stomach? I have irrational fear that even though I know I've taken it...

Will taking things like hot soup or hot cups of tea, 30 minutes after taking birth control pill affect it?

I swallowed my pill normally, it went down easy and didn't stick in my front. I then carried on working and about 5-6 minutes later I took a mouthful of water from my bottle and choked on it (water went down the wrong way) and had a little coughing fit, could I have possibly brought the pill back up...

I accidentally took two pills in one day twice this month, will this mean my withdrawal bleed will be later than usual this month?

It's supposed to only take seconds for something to go from your mouth to your stomach so surely there's no way I could have brought it back up?

About 5 minutes after swallowing my pill I took a mouthful of water but it went down the wrong way and I choked a bit causing a coughing fit, would there be any chance that this would have brought the pill back up? Do I need to take another one today? I don't think I felt the pill come up again

Yes, that means that Ella EC is affected by antacids. Normal birth control pills are not affected by antacids. (Would it help if we made that clearer in the article?) Thank you! Yeah I think if it started off with Ella EC is affected by etc etc it would be more clearer. I read antacids first and au...

Ella is a specific type of emergency contraception, and not the same as regular birth control pills. When looking up information about medication, you want to look for information that's about the specific type of medication you're taking, not other types of medication that may be similar. And as S...

[quote="Sam W"]Hi Allybannsiders, You can read all about the things that do (and do not) affect your birth control here: Something You Can Worry About Less: Interference and Hormonal Birth Control A handy rule when trying to figure this out is that, if you do not see an item listed, that g...

Drugs that affect gastric pH: Antacids, proton pump inhibitors, and H2 antagonists, used to treat GERD, interfere with ella, a particular brand of emergency contraception. Another kind of EC should be used for people who take these drugs. Does this mean it only affects Ella? Or antacids affect birth...

I had a bit of an upset stomach so I took Rennies (antacids) about an hour and a half a after I took my birth control pill (microgynon 30 - 21 pills) and continued to take them when needed for rest of day, will this affect the effectiveness of my protection? I read my microgynon leaflet and it doesn...