Starting A New Pack Late
UpdatedI've been taking Sprintec for about 6 months. I was supposed to start my new pack this past Sunday, but my new pack was at my apartment in a different city. Should I wait until the Sunday I finish my next period to start the new pack? Or should I just start it this Sunday when I get it?
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It isn't necessary to start it during your menstrual cycle, or on a Sunday.
You can start then whenever you pick them up, but it will take 7 days, before you are protected against pregnancy again, so if you are sexually active, you should use some other form of protection in the meantime.
It's just the if you start them the first day of your menstrual cycle, you are immediately protected against pregnancy and many doctors will have you start on a Sunday, so it's easier to remember to take them and to keep doing so each week.
Learn more oral contraceptive details here.
Is there anything else I can help with?
I started taking Sprintec about two weeks after my period. I have one pill until I'm on the white ones and still not have started my period.
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