Lost Pill

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I am at the second week of my pack and I was about to take Sundays but I dropped it and I couldn't find it. I just took the next pill bc i think they are all the same. But what should I do to fix the whole always being one pill short problem? Should I purposely skip a day and use back up or just buy a new pack early every month? I hesitate to just skip a day bc this is my first pack ever of birth control and I don't want it to mess anything up. Thank you!

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I'm sorry, I didn't see your post sooner and I certainly hope you contacted your doctor or pharmacist to resolve the issue.


For future reference of anyone in need of the information, you should always check with your doctor, but normally, if this happens to you and you have just missed one pill, then just move on and take the next one in the pack and continue with rest of them, this will just cause you to finish and have your menstrual cycle a day early, but still keep you protected from pregnancy.


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Just keep taking the pill daily until u go back to get more; explain what happened & they will prolly give u another or tell u to skip a day (without sex or using protection).
I would suggest to skip a day with 2 days of no sex to make sure.

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Just to clarify for anyone else reading these posts, it is not advisable to follow djd's advice, as that definitely risks pregnancy!

It you completely skip a pill, then it will take 7 days of taking them continuously, before you will again be protected from pregnancy, so for that entire week, you will have to refrain from having sex, or use some other form of protection.

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