Here's my story:
My periods are very regular and the next one is scheduled to the new year's eve. As I'm traveling to celebrate it on the beach house, my mom suggested I started taking a 21 days BCP and move to the second tablet without giving it a break so my period won't come this month. The thing is, I started taking it on the next Monday after my last period (yesterday) and not on the next Sunday as your staff suggested on the articles.
I have mom issues when it comes to sex; she knows I'm in a serious relationship but she has never ever talked to me about protection nor sex itself. I guess she just presumes I know what to do and doesn't want to invade my privacy (or she, being a christian, just wants me to stay a virgin until marriage... sorry mom). Giving that, I'd like to know a few things about my situation, since I know she hadn't gave me BCP to work as a contraceptive method and I couldn't soothe my doubts with her.
1) Is it safe and healthy to skip a period by using BCP? When it will arrive the next month, then?
2) If I really manage to skip this month's period, will it mean the BCP is being effective and I'm protected? Can I have unprotected sex as soon as I notice I skipped my period, and thus, that the pill will be working as long as I keep taking the second tablet?
PS: I have a friend who told me I'll only be protected by the beginning of the 3rd tablet because the first tablet never works alone and since I started my first in the wrong day, I should take the 2nd properly and then wait for the 3rd...
3) As I started yesterday (the next monday and not sunday after my last period), I won't be protected this month and I should use condoms as a back up method until the end of the current tablet. Right?
Thanks.
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