Okay, you know how you're supposed to take the pill at the same time everyday? Okay, so if you have unprotected sex at a time earlier then when you're supposed to take the pill, does the chances of it not working increase? Or just it's gonna work anyways?
2006-11-05 17:08:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
It would be highly unlikely for you to fall pregnant because you took the pill later on the day, maybe if you missed it a few days you might be in trouble
2006-11-05 17:12:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
BC pills are most effective when taken at the same time every day. Most doctors will tell you that so that the hormone levels are evenly distributed over a 24 hour period. If you forget just double up the next day, but miss more than 2 days and you could be in trouble. Also be aware that cold and flu season is coming up and if you are prescribed antibiotics they can make the pill ineffective so use a back up while on the antiobiotics. A few hours difference in taking the pill will not make a difference. Its just easier to remember. Try taking it when you brush your teeth, either morning or night.
2006-11-06 01:20:35 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really should matter because the effect of the other pill is still supposed to be working. And keep in might the sperm can live up for 7 days so make sure that you did the pill at the time that it is to be taken.
2006-11-06 02:15:41 · answer #3 · answered by Me, myself, and I 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birth control pills work by preventing ovulation. No ovulation = no possibility of pregnancy. For 99% of women taking the pill every 24 hours will prevent ovulation. So as long as you take your pill every 24 hours, when you have sex doesn't matter because it is the prevention of ovulation that is keeping you from conceiving.
If the pill were to fail for you (and there is that possibility, no method except total abstinence is foolproof) it wouldn't matter when you had sex. Sperm stays alive and active for up to 5 days so if you ovulate despite being on the pill, and you had sex within 5 days of ovulation, you might get pregnant anyway.
2006-11-06 02:04:22 · answer #4 · answered by Poppan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason they tell you to take the pill at the same time everyday is so that you don't forget to take it and you make a HABIT of it. You can take it at different times of the day as long as you DON'T MISS taking any pills. Each pill stays in your system for 30 hours, so you are very well covered even if you miss a day. You should be just fine as long as you take the pill every day.
2006-11-06 01:18:38 · answer #5 · answered by Lilly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you take them as perscribed you should be ok but i have a friend that is pregnant now that was on 2 different kinds of birth control and became pregnant... and using them both right... there is always a chance they are all like 99.8 percent ....
2006-11-06 02:33:17 · answer #6 · answered by bribri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birth Control can fail at any time, my friend took her BC at the same time everyday and now she is 6 months pregnant with twins and the list of my friends who got pregnant on BC goes on and on. Any GYN will tell you BC can fail at any time, my mother is a GYN and tells every patient of hers who uses BC it can fail
2006-11-06 01:14:21 · answer #7 · answered by Diamonds_Glow 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As long as you take them as prescribed then you *should* be safe.
2006-11-06 01:19:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as they are taken correctly, you are protected.
2006-11-06 01:10:43 · answer #9 · answered by buff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋