is it possible to change the time you take the pill? - Birth Control Message Board

SolarRuca · 12-12-2005, 04:23 PM

i have been on the pill for a little over six months now. i started it right before summer started, and i had choses noon to be the time i take it. now that school has started again, i've been getting caught up with things, and have been forgetting to take it until an hour to two hours later. i was wondering if it was possible to change the time from noon to like eleven at night. if so, please let me know, it would be really helpful.
thanks.

ScarletRose · 12-13-2005, 07:11 AM

Hey - im not 100% sure but i would think that when you start a fresh pack after a withdrawl bleed, you could change the time you take it and then maybe use a back up method for a while just to be sure. maybe someone else will be able to post and confirm (or deny!) that for you, but thats what id do! hope it helps!

Thisby · 12-13-2005, 08:02 AM

You can definitely use the break between cycles to change the time you take your pills.

If you're in a hurry to do it now because you're late with them so often, I'm not so sure, but you could try working into it a few hours a day. I don't think it should matter, since the packs themselves say you're still covered if you're even up to two days late. Being an hour or two late each day is within that.