Birth control question
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Birth control question
Say you have diarrhea after taking your pills but have been consistent taking all the other pills, and never missed one. If i had sex that day, with or without a condom, would i be more at risk for pregnancy?
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Re: Birth control question
If you had a bout of diarrhea right after taking the pill (and by that, we mean real everything-going-straight-through-you diarrhea, not just some loose stools), you would probably do best to consider it missed, and then follow the instructions that came with your pill for making up a missed pill.
If you did not make up that missed pill, that may have lowered your protection a little, but if that was your only mess-up that cycle, you should still be in the typical use rate for the pill, which is 91% effective.
Either way, if you doubled-up with a condom, you do not need to be concerned. That is what using two methods is for, after all: so you have a second line of defense when the first method is compromised or fails.
If you did not make up that missed pill, that may have lowered your protection a little, but if that was your only mess-up that cycle, you should still be in the typical use rate for the pill, which is 91% effective.
Either way, if you doubled-up with a condom, you do not need to be concerned. That is what using two methods is for, after all: so you have a second line of defense when the first method is compromised or fails.
"The question is not who will let me, but who is going to stop me." - Ayn Rand
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Re: Birth control question
Yea we did use a condom. And no it wasnt the all out thing you were talking about. So i should have good protection then right?
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Re: Birth control question
If you backed up with condoms, you should be just fine!
"The question is not who will let me, but who is going to stop me." - Ayn Rand
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