good to go?

[laurenoid.livejournal.com]

ok ladies...

i just recently switched to OTC-Lo after years on the Patch, and then the Nuvaring. I am hoping that the triphasic method will help my sex drive a bit...but that's beside the point. Anyway, I have taken seven of the white pills, which is the first set containing hormones. I was under the mistaken impression for a few days that the white pills were the placebo pills, so I have been slightly lackluster about taking them at exactly the same time. It has been within a 1-2 hour window for six of those days, with one forgotten pill that i took the next morning (less than 12 hours later than i should have taken it.) How would you estimate my pregnancy protection is? I do not need 100% OMG OMG perfect protection, but "pretty damn good, almost perfect" would suit me fine. Your opinions are much appreciated!

Comments

[thuringiensis.livejournal.com]

The slight delays of 1-2 hours and one not-quite-missed pill just puts you into the "typical use" category, but you're still protected after 7 days. You'd just have the typical use effectiveness as opposed to the perfect use one. Sorry, I dont know the exact percentages for OTC-Lo, but maybe someone else will chime in with that :)

[queensugar.livejournal.com]

All combined HBC pills, whether monophasic or triphasic, have more or less identical efficacy rates: between 92-95% for typical use (depending on the study) and 99.8% for perfect use. :)

[thuringiensis.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks for that. I wasnt sure and I'm horrible at remembering numbers ^_^;