Its my first time being on pill and its been 3 weeks now and I have been taking my pill everyday at 12pm but lately because of work ive been taking them at 4 pm is this okay? And i just started having sex this week without a condom.
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Jul 28 13:56
Normally it’s best to gradually change the time of you taking your pill. So for instance if you were taking it at 12 then slowly start taking it a bit later for a couple days and continue until you’re at the time you wanna take it at. I can’t guarantee you the max protection you will receive from doing this but there shouldn’t be a problem. Since you switched up the time immediately and it’s still in a 12 hour window you should be protected since it doesn’t count as a missed pill. Just make sure to use it a couple days before you have unprotected sex (best being 7 days for max protection) but in this situation you should still be fine. Just be more careful and follow the instructions if it happens again. Btw this only works with the combined pill. If it’s the mini pill your window of taking your pill is only 3 hours. Hope this helps.
Jul 28 15:19
It depends on your usage window. If your new time is in that window you can just change it any day.
Jul 28 16:19
@xxxNobodyxxx there isn’t a scale of protection btw, you’re either protected or you’re not and some mini pills allow 12 hours and some allow 3, it depends. but yes @starship_ as long as you’re in your usage window you’re fine to switch to 4pm