I'm a fool.... - Birth Control Message Board

Neener80 · 03-09-2009, 02:43 PM

This is going to sound foolish but here goes...

Last week, I forget which night, I dropped my pill down the drain (I've been on the pill for about 5 years and never have completely missed a pill before). Luckily (or so I thought at the time) it didn't go completely down the drain and I was able to fish it out. My drain was kind of icky so I washed the pill off as best I could and threw it in my mouth and swigged some water. Right after I thought to myself that it felt like I never had anything in my mouth.

Cut to today, I was cleaning my bathroom and I found the pill on the floor!! I don't know what the heck happened. So, basically, I missed a pill and didn't even know it...until now. Since I can't remember which day this happened, I can't recall if I had intercourse that day (I had unprotected sex with my BF one night last week but I can't remember if this was before or after the pill falling down the drain). I did have unprotected sex yesterday. And now...I'm really worried. How worried should I be?

Neener80 · 03-09-2009, 02:45 PM

Also, not that it probably matters now...but I took the pill when I found it. I have yet to take my normal pill for today and will do that later tonight.

lberry413 · 03-09-2009, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Neener80

This is going to sound foolish but here goes...

Last week, I forget which night, I dropped my pill down the drain (I've been on the pill for about 5 years and never have completely missed a pill before). Luckily (or so I thought at the time) it didn't go completely down the drain and I was able to fish it out. My drain was kind of icky so I washed the pill off as best I could and threw it in my mouth and swigged some water. Right after I thought to myself that it felt like I never had anything in my mouth.

Cut to today, I was cleaning my bathroom and I found the pill on the floor!! I don't know what the heck happened. So, basically, I missed a pill and didn't even know it...until now. Since I can't remember which day this happened, I can't recall if I had intercourse that day (I had unprotected sex with my BF one night last week but I can't remember if this was before or after the pill falling down the drain). I did have unprotected sex yesterday. And now...I'm really worried. How worried should I be?

You should be okay. Usually the way the pill works is that you are no longer protected if you miss 3 days in a row. As long as you take them the way you are supposed to every day, missing 1 should not be a problem. If you are really worried about it, just get a test and make sure everything is okay, you don't want to stress yourself out.

Neener80 · 03-09-2009, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by lberry413

You should be okay. Usually the way the pill works is that you are no longer protected if you miss 3 days in a row. As long as you take them the way you are supposed to every day, missing 1 should not be a problem. If you are really worried about it, just get a test and make sure everything is okay, you don't want to stress yourself out.

Thanks, Berry. It's too soon to get a test to ease my anxiety. I wound up calling Planned Parenthood for advice and I wound up getting Plan B. It was a lot of money for peace of mind but as made me a little...just a little...bit less stressed.

lberry413 · 03-10-2009, 08:46 AM

I'm glad you were able to get something to help your peace of mind.