ext_353761 ([identity profile] fantomatiquevie.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] vaginapagina2012-02-22 01:02 am

Birth Control Issue

Hello! This problem is really specific, so hopefully someone can enlighten me. I am currently on Nortrel (generic for Modicon) bcp. I realized today that I totally forgot to pick up my prescription on Monday (2/20) which is also the day I start using it. Basically, I'm supposed to be on my third pill today (2/22). How do I take these pills to catch up? Is it two today (Wednesday) and two tomorrow? Also, I started my placebo pills last Monday (2/13) and started my period on Wednesday, and had unprotected sex on Friday or Saturday (can't remember which one) but have not had unprotected sex since then. Am I okay, since I was on my period and had not started BC? Thanks for all the help, I totally freak out when it comes to the idea of being pregnant!

[identity profile] mrar.livejournal.com 2012-02-22 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Just one thing, to my knowledge when you aren't on any HBC you are least likely to be ovulating right before your period. The luteal phase is when you are 100% guaranteed not to be ovulating or ovulate in the near future. Menstruation is part of the follicular phase, so ovulation will occur sometime soon-ish, and if you have long periods, short cycles, or a long luteal phase (therefore a short follicular phase) you could very well get pregnant on your period. Take someone with a 28-day cycle, 16-day luteal phase, 7-day period, day-12 ovulation. Unprotected PIV on the last day of the period could result in a pregnancy. But PIV on day 26 would not.
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[personal profile] archangelbeth 2012-02-22 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
This is true -- though during the period is one of the least likely times to be ovulating, too. That's why the "day one" start, where the first day of HBC is on the first day of the period, gives "immediate" protection: the 7 days to hypnotize the ovaries overlaps with days when the ovaries are known to be extremely unlikely to ovulate.

(As opposed to the after-ovulation days, which are often hard to pinpoint if not practicing FAM.)

It's the "early ovulation" + "sperm lifetime longer than people may realize" that makes period sex risky.

Please forgive typos/terseness -- the cat is trying to occupy my laptop. And he outweighs it.

[identity profile] mrar.livejournal.com 2012-02-22 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes this is true, also the general FAM rule-of-thumb is that the first 5 days of the period are safe (which I follow and have certainly had no mishaps) the main issue is that many people can here "you can't ovulate on your period" and then assume any day where there is blood is safe, which is not true.
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[personal profile] archangelbeth 2012-02-23 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
Good point!

I'll try to be more nuanced! Especially when the cat isn't doing Occupy Laptop and scrunching my hands into odd angles to protect my keyboard. >_>