Help With the Pill PLEASE!!!

[thechad1607307557]

Ok well here is the story... My gf has decided to start taking the pill so she went to the doctor. He gave her th package and now she has been taking it for a little over a week. But we have one problem... we both did not know that she was supposd to take the pill during or after he period... so now we are in a situation because she has kept taking the pill and now she has her period in the middle of her 21 day pack and the package says if the pill isnt taken during her period it will take 7 days for it to be effective.... WE BOTH JUST WANT TO KNOW IF IT WILL BE SAFE TO HAVE SX WITH OUT USING A CONDOM AFTER HER PERIOD IS OVER. PLEASE HELP!

[melrich]

As best I know, whilst she is taking the pill she won't get her period. So if she started in the middle of her cycle then she will not get her period until she starts taking the sugar pills. So effectively she has just shifted her cycle.

 

Again best I know is that the pill becomes effective as a contraceptive two weeks after you start taking it, so she would still have a week to go before it is effectively working as a contraceptive.

[EvaGina]

what kind of pill is she taking?

there are directions on the paper in the box, they should tell you everything you need to know.

 

Although why her doctor didnt explain everything is beyond me.

[thechad1607307557]

she is on tricycline and it says it is effective after 7 days use and she does have her period now.

[EvaGina]

so you answered your own question.

she kept taking the pill, so your safe.

is tricycline a combination or progesterone only pill?

[thechad1607307557]

it is combination pill

[EvaGina]

so she got her period on the sugar pills? (the ones that are a different colour) this is completely normal.

[thechad1607307557]

no she has her period now and she has started taking the pill for just over a week. she has no hit the sugar pills yet

[EvaGina]

still normal... just her body getting used to the hormones.

Dont worry about it.

[Relationship Coach]

Check with her doctor, to be on the safe side or use a condom until her periods get adjusted to the pills. Why take chances when you are going through all of this trouble not to get pregnant....

 

RC

[Mythical_Suicide]

It's always better to be safe rather than sorry, I say let her finish her first pack first before you start risking it by having unprotected sex. Atleast thats the advice i got from my doctor when starting my birth control for the first time.