[bluebird05]

hello! please help me i am very worried about being pregnant and i think it is affecting my health.

I started my pill late (the pharmacy was closed) but i took two the next day (monday) like the package said then i took it 8 hours late that friday and had unprotected sex that night, he did not cum in me. I then took an extra pill later the next morning to prevent pregnancy. I have had no symptoms except for i am nauseated a lot because i am worrying so much, i had a lot of breast tenderness this past week because my period is coming, and now it has stopped. Please help me i am not eating and i am very very stressed out. What are my chances?????????

[LanaBear]

How long have you been on the pill?

[bluebird05]

I have been on the pill for 4 years. but i missed the first pill of this month, and then i took another pill late that same week. but i made them up with taking two the following days. please help

[Yazwoman]

Even though he didn't cum in you, precum does have some sperm in it. (Despite what people can debate.)

You may just be stressed out, if you made up the pill for being late start then it should be ok. The second pill being late in the same week makes it a little iffy (at least in my mind) but if you really want to be sure, wait till when your period is supposed to come. Yea, that means you have to wait 2-3 weeks (which is the normal time for the earliest possible positive to show up on a hpt anyways.)

Even if it does come, and you want to ease your mind, you can pick up a hpt. If you want to test at 2 weeks you can pick up a sensitive test but it won't be as accurate until the day of your expected period or a week after. (During the placebo week, if you take them.) Pills are 92%-99% effective, but when you miss a pill (even when making them up) it lowers the efficiency.

Don't stress out, continue to take your pills normally and not late and wait. It sucks but that's kind of what happens.

Goodluck,
YW

[Ashlee T.]

I doubt your pregnant. Your body is probably just reacting to the lack of regularity of pill taking. It's SUPER important to take your pill every single day. It sounds like you forget it alot..and if that's the case, perhaps you should set an alarm. Almost all cell phones have alarms on them nowdays, set your alarm to reoccur daily at whatever time you want to take it.

If you miss a pill on Monday, you can take two on Tuesday. But if you miss your pill on Monday and Tuesday, you cannot make up for that, therefore are advised to start a new pack after your next period.

Go to the dollar store, pick up a cheap preg test. Ease your mind.

Then...for goodness sakes....set an alarm.

[grrrr]

Have you thought about an IUD? Then you don't have to remind yourself about the pill.

Remember, they are HORMONES, so you probably shouldn't be messing around with them a lot. Maybe you took too many and you're going to be messing up your cycle, kind of like the morning after pill can do.....