Pregnant from missing a birth control pill?

Question

I'm on Orthotricyclen Lo, and occasionally forget to take a pill and end up doubling up the next day.

My period was due on Thursday/Friday. I'm usually regular. Could I possibly be pregnant, and are the signs of pregnancy different for pill users?

Answer 1

If you occasionally forget, then you risk pregnancy... truly it is that simple.  

That brand, along with all the others that state Lo, are indeed so low in hormones, that all of us who take them are just on the cusp of being fertile, and ovulating.... so forget one?  And it may make no different it you double up the next day...you will have ovulated... and ova live 5 days, the sperm almost 10 in the v****a... do the math....

And even if you take them every single goddamn day as exactly as directed, they are only 94-98% effective......  that means, that of 100 women who take that product for a year, 4-6 will become pregnant... d**n good by standards 100 years ago, but, hey, it drops quickly when you mess up.

So if babies, diapers, and giving up the next 18 years of your life to parent a kid you never planned for is not on your agenda, get serious about your birth control, hon.  and if you are forgetting often, try the shot or implant.... better.

Answer 2

There's no problem by doubling up your pill intake, but if you miss 1, you know that you are not covered for the next 7 days. As far as I'm concern, it's ok if you take 2 pills within 12 hours, if less than that, there is high probability that you are not covered as well. So you have to be very discipline with you pills otherwise, don't blame the pill, it's your own mistake. I took Levlen for quite sometime now. And I haven't got any problem with it. Indeed, missed it couple of times, but I guess I always got lucky. But the fact is, the pill is not 100% effective, so if you don't want to fall pregnant, have to think for other alternatives.