I had to take EllaOne contraception on Thursday and today I have my period. I only finished my last cycle two weeks ago and I have it again…what could it mean? Planning on seeing doc to make sure. I’m taking yaz too exactly as I should

why did you take a plan b if you’re taking your birth control correctly? plan b is a large dose of hormones and can cause side effects such as irregular bleeding.

ellaOne also interacts with birth control. this is the information from the nhs website.

I had my pill in a hot area, so I was going to take it as heat can impact the pill’s effectiveness

as long as the pills weren’t physically damaged, they’re fine. the temperature has to be extreme and for a long period of time.

Yeah I left them in the hot the car for 8 hours

is there a spare pack you can use? next time, don’t keep your pills in a hot car for that long. and make sure you’re asking these kinds of questions beforehand so you can get the proper advice in advance.

EllaOne is pretty heavy, it even cancels out your regular birth control pills for a while so it’s only normal to experience side effects for weeks/months after using it.

Okay. I took my usual yaz active pills so will they still work? I only got bleeding today

no they won’t. you need to wait 5 days before taking your pill and then wait 7 days to be protected

Okay, I had unprotected sex from this morning though

yeah you’re not protected. you would have to take another plan B because you didn’t use any form of protection. next time check your protection status before having sex

That’s okay, it’s my own fault anyway

Please educate yourself properly before taking something next time. Having to take a second emergency contraceptive will probably make the side effects even worse but it’s gotta be done. Use condoms until you know what you’re taking 👍🏼