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Question: birth control pill question
| annlong
- Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:46 am |
I am a 28 year old female who has been using bcp's for several years. I have always started my new pack on sundays...well for some strange reason I started my new pack this week on saturday (a day early) I don't know what to do and the pharmacist was no help...my dr has not called me back yet.....
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| Dr. Chan Lowe
- Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:59 am |
 This is not a problem. Traditionally, OCP's have been started on Sunday so that the period from the pills does start on the weekend. Remember that OCP's contain 21 days of pils with hormones and then 7 days of pills without hormones. During these 7 days, women experience their period (not necessarily for all 7 days).
Starting on a Saturday is fine. Likely you will notice no difference. OCP's can be started on any day of the week if so desired.
Hope this helps.
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| Daisy05
- Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:20 pm |
I'm 20 years old female well of course.. Well the question I have is I have been taking Birth Control for a couple of years now, and then for a period of 6-8 months I stopped taking them, I recently started again, then stopped for about 2-3 weeks and this month is my first pack that I started since I stopped, I am now on week 4 which started on tuesday and we are now on friday and I still don't have my period.. Why is that??
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| grandam120
- Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:11 pm |
I am a 29-year-old female who has been taking birth control pills for 7 years after my daughter was born. I just recently missed taking my pills for a month and my menstral cycle has not started. Is it because I missed taking my pills? I am about to start back taking them. Will my period resume when I get to that 7 day supply of pills when your period should come on?
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