Lost a birth control pill?!
Question: Lost a birth control pill.?
I know that if you skip a day you can take two the next day. However, this time I took a pill out of my pack and it fell on the floor somewhere and I can't find it. Should I just go ahead and take tomorrow's pill tomorrow.... or what's the best thing to do.?Health Question & Answer
Answers:
Which pill.? That's the key.
If it's in the middle, you are safe in skipping it, not taking it at all.
You need 7 pills in a row to be protected (not counting the sugar pills at the end).
So, if it's pill number 8 - 14 you are okay.
If it's from the first or last week of hormone pills, use a back-up, like condoms for 7 days.
You could definitely just take the next pill now, and be short one at the end. This is the best thing to do if your pack can be re-labled. Just start your next pack a day early and lable it accordingly.
If you can't change the lables, it will be confusing because you will always be a day off. You could just start the new pack on the normal day, but you should use condoms for the first week of that pack (since there will be 8 hormone-free days instead of the usual 7).
I hope this makes sense. I know it's confusing.Health Question & Answer
If it's in the middle, you are safe in skipping it, not taking it at all.
You need 7 pills in a row to be protected (not counting the sugar pills at the end).
So, if it's pill number 8 - 14 you are okay.
If it's from the first or last week of hormone pills, use a back-up, like condoms for 7 days.
You could definitely just take the next pill now, and be short one at the end. This is the best thing to do if your pack can be re-labled. Just start your next pack a day early and lable it accordingly.
If you can't change the lables, it will be confusing because you will always be a day off. You could just start the new pack on the normal day, but you should use condoms for the first week of that pack (since there will be 8 hormone-free days instead of the usual 7).
I hope this makes sense. I know it's confusing.Health Question & Answer
well when i miss one day of my pill, the next day i just take my regular pill that i was suppose to take for that day. i just leave the untaken one in the packed so that way my cycle doesnt get screwed upHealth Question & Answer
I would say to just do as you said,and wait until tomorrow and take that pill. You my need to use a back-up method of birth control for about a week or so. Health Question & Answer
haha! the EXACT same thing happened to me awhile! i just waited til the nexxt day and went on as though it never happened, i had no problems!Health Question & Answer
just leave it and go back to normal tomorrow, dont freakHealth Question & Answer