Scarleteen

Hello scarleteen, I’ve been using your sources for a while now and hopefully this reaches out to someone with more expertise than I as I’m currently going through a panic.

I recently switched birth control pills from Philith to Vienva for mental health reasons. However I fear I might I have messed up transitioning. I took my normal 28 active/inactive pills and got my induced period. After the 7 day break day I started my new birth control and thought nothing of it until I started googling… seeing everyone say it’s best to start the next pill with “no breaks” so I think me taking the placebo week made my pill unreliable if I didn’t use condoms for 7 days since starting. Did I completely mess up or is there still some sort unreliability. Because…

I had protected sex with condoms. However 2 days ago my partners condom slipped out onto when he pulled out. He promised me no semen got on me but mentally I know there’s always a probability. I feel like I should’ve gotten a plan b but at the same time I thought it would’ve made hormones worse. It’s still only the third day since it happen so would it be worth getting a plan b? Praying my bc is reliable (

Hi TempSectry, welcome to the boards!

Don't worry, the transition would not have affected the reliability of your birth control. You are protected through the week that you use inactive pills, so if you start your new medication in the same way that you would start a new pack of your old birth control, you can assume you are protected. I don't think you need to get plan B — taking it while you are on functioning birth control would just be a lot of hormones.