“Birth control pills?”
I'm on a 21 days control pills, I just finished a pack and forgot that I was supposed to wait 7 days to start the next pack. I'm two days into the new pack, what should I do?
Female | 42 years old
Medications: Yasmin 21
2 Answers
Stop and wait.
No problem at all. The week off ("dummy pills") and the "fake" period were inventions of patronizing docs who thought that by bleeding each month you would be more likely to "accept" the method as normal. When people have certain medical situations (like endometriosis ) we give pills 365 days a year. Take the WHOLE new pack and then you can take a week off (or not) Often if people have an event (wedding, vacation) this kind of "time switching" is done routinely.
Steven R. Goldstein, M.D.
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
314 East 34th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Tele: 212-717-5554
Fax: 212-717-0106
President, International Menopause Society
[1610654858051]
Steven R. Goldstein, M.D.
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
314 East 34th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Tele: 212-717-5554
Fax: 212-717-0106
President, International Menopause Society
[1610654858051]
