Xulane patch: My birth control is all messed up because I put it on a day early. How can I change my patch day and start over? My period will be coming soon

Today would be the day I accidentally put it on, I normally put it on Saturday but I made a mistake and put it on Friday. So should I skip my break week?

Because it app it says I’m completely unprotected, I want it to go back to saying that I am protected

@jasmineshado thank you, so would I be ok to just skip my break week if I want?

@pug_lady she can just start her break on Friday and put on a new one the day she desires as long as she does not extend her break week past 7 days. Having a shorter break is completely fine. That way her protection won’t be compromised.

@pug_lady the next Saturday would just be 1 day away. Meaning a 1 day break. She’d shorten her break week (which is completely fine). What you suggested leaves her unprotected when there’s other ways xx

@yi_eune Yes I understand but I was assuming she wanted an actual break week and not to immediately put on a new patch the very next day when she just put the other one on. I don’t know how it works where you are, but you can only get your next box of patches so many days early here. So I would not even have the next patch ready to do what you said. If she has hers, then sure.

@pug_lady entirely depends on the type of insurance you have or whether you pay yourself (which I do for my implant). Either way you really shouldn’t advise people to extend any activity that will negatively impact someone’s protection (I have noticed you deleted that now). I’m saying this because that type of behaviour only promotes intentional user error and user error is the #1 reason why unwanted pregnancies happen, which best be avoided at all costs

Omg I wasn’t “promoting” anything. Just trying to give advice to someone who had made an error on their options to fix it. I clearly stated that they’d have to use backup protection if they did it the way I said. Some people are insistent on having a break week, some people can’t get their birth control early. Not every situation is the same as yours. Stop acting like I did something wrong. And yes I deleted all my comments because it’s pointless for them to even be there when you’ve basically called me out to be spreading fake info so of course she’s not going to trust what I say now.

@pug_lady you were promoting it though? I never said you were spreading fake info, I was just informing you there’s better ways to go about it, even if she wanted a break week it’s best not to extend it. I informed you of this because there is a lot of misinformation out there, and I noticed you were new on the forum and given some outdated advice in that time. Giving someone the advice to extend their break week (even with the use of condoms) is not how birth control should be treated as it can create bad habits. And I am not acting like you did something wrong, you’re taking this far too personal. It is just information. In no way did I mean to offend you. It’s a really small community on here where Everyone on here helps each other out, correcting and educating each other is a part of that. Happened to me before (still does sometimes) and I never felt the need where I had to get so defensive. I was always appreciative that someone took the time to explain to me how or why a different approach was possible. However I do want to address your “not every situation is the same as yours”-comment. As it’s not fair to put on someone. You do realise this also counts for you? The argument makes no sense. Just because you are tied to such a strict schedule doesn’t mean someone else is. The advice on here is always based on personal experiences unless OP mentions specific conditions. Again, I never meant to offend you and there is no harsh feelings on my side. Just tried to make clear that OP had safer options.