So I have been on the pill for about 5 years, I just had my "period/withdrawal bleed" and finished it on Friday 28th October.
I was supposed to start new pack of pills on Saturday and forgot until today Tuesday 1st November, so missed first three pills. Between Friday and Tuesday I had 2 lots of unprotected sex.
Could this mean I could get pregnant? Because technically I had been off the pill for 10 days during period and missing 3 pills?
Started pill pack 3 days late
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Re: Started pill pack 3 days late
Missing 3 pills does impact how effective your pill is likely to be, and it means you can't rely on it for contraceptive protection.
Because you made a mistake with your pill-taking and don't have your pill's full coverage, this is a situation where using emergency contraception is a good option for you if you don't want to become pregnant, because EC would reduce the chance of pregnancy: EC can be effective up to 120 hours after a risk. If you'd like to use EC, do you know where and how to get it? It's more effective the sooner you take it.
If you don't want to become pregnant, you'll want to use a back-up method, like condoms, for the rest of this pill pack.
Because you made a mistake with your pill-taking and don't have your pill's full coverage, this is a situation where using emergency contraception is a good option for you if you don't want to become pregnant, because EC would reduce the chance of pregnancy: EC can be effective up to 120 hours after a risk. If you'd like to use EC, do you know where and how to get it? It's more effective the sooner you take it.
If you don't want to become pregnant, you'll want to use a back-up method, like condoms, for the rest of this pill pack.
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