Took pills out of order....

[seishukuhime.livejournal.com]

I'm on Ortho Tri-Cyclen and start a new pack today, but I accidentally took the last pill in the pack instead of the first one.  I haven't been able to find much information about what this means and I'm honestly at a loss.  From what I already know, it could cause breakthrough bleeding...but will it compromise my protection?

Thanks in advance.

Comments

[archangelbeth]

By last pill, do you mean the last active pill, or the last placebo pill?

If you took the last placebo pill, take the first active pill immediately, or your protection will be considered compromised to some extent until you've taken 7 days of active pills.

If you took the last active pill, then yeah, taking the proper week one pills may cause enough of a rise-and-fall to provoke breakthrough bleeding. Hopefully the rise in hormones at week two will make that stop, if you get it. But other than that risk, you'll still have 21 days of active pills before your no-hormone week, so your protection will not be compromised.

Luck!