Hmmmm - maybe my information is out of date (I've had a copper IUD for years now) but I had always been told to use a secondary form of BC for the first month of starting HBC or switching to a new one.
My best friend that is still on HBC had to switch recently and was complaining about having to use condoms for a month as well. Now whether she got that directly from her current Dr or whether that is based on the information we were given when we first started on the pill (over 20 years ago - no joke!) I can't say. I'll have to ask her because she may be operating on old info too!
I'm assuming from your comment that the protocol has changed and HBC is now considered effective after 7 days. Wow - that seems so foreign to me! I'll have to do some research on it when I have some time. Thanks for the heads up though! :)
I just know for me (as my caveat stated) I am very serious about not wanting to get pregnant, so even the 5-8% "normal" failure rate of HBC is risky to me, so if I were late on pills that I had just started taking, I would take Plan B just to be safe and for peace of mind.
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My best friend that is still on HBC had to switch recently and was complaining about having to use condoms for a month as well. Now whether she got that directly from her current Dr or whether that is based on the information we were given when we first started on the pill (over 20 years ago - no joke!) I can't say. I'll have to ask her because she may be operating on old info too!
I'm assuming from your comment that the protocol has changed and HBC is now considered effective after 7 days. Wow - that seems so foreign to me! I'll have to do some research on it when I have some time. Thanks for the heads up though! :)
I just know for me (as my caveat stated) I am very serious about not wanting to get pregnant, so even the 5-8% "normal" failure rate of HBC is risky to me, so if I were late on pills that I had just started taking, I would take Plan B just to be safe and for peace of mind.