about the pill

NiSmO

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paulie.walnuts

Come on there, does anyone really think pulling out is an effective means of birth control? Man juice ( a decent bit) comes out before the main ejaculation which could make the girl pregnant. This is kind of seperate from the pill issue i didn't really understand what you were trying to say. Your friend? You?

Miss Fluff

Most pills provide protection from when you start taking it, if taken properly. Tell you friend's GF to read the leaflet provided with the pack. She should have read this thoroughly before starting the pill anyway and should have been advised by her doctor.

NiSmO

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kittenkiller

Yes, the GP may provide the pill at his or her discression.
However if the girl has been taking it as recommended on the packet, the doctor may see it as safer not to prescribe the emergency contraception pill.

Orange

I would assume the 7 day rule applies, ask your doc.

SarahSassy

I personally would go to a clinic / doctor to get the morning after pill and not tell them I am on the regular pill....... I would just say the condom burst or something along those lines.

Then I would sit down and read the pill packet instructions until I understood what I was doing....It stuns me just how stupid people are when supposedly 'being responsible'.

Let it be a lesson to you / him / her.

Talliesin

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If I've managed to crack your code (tip, if you want people's advice, put your question if a form they can understand, it increases the chances that we're actually answering the right question and makes you look like less of a prat - there is no 2 in "tonight") then you are saying that she is on a combined pill which is taken for 21 days out of 28 and that she had just started taking them again after the 7 days not taking them during which she had her period.

If that is what you are saying and if she had taken the pill at roughly the time of day she normally takes it (within about 12 hours) then she was protected. The combined pill gives protection for the whole 28-day period of the packet, not just the 21 days that you are taking them.

If you're saying she'd just started the pill altogether, or if she is on the progestogen-only pill (the "mini-pill" does not have a break period in the dosage) then she wasn't protected and wouldn't be for another week.

If you're saying something else, please be more specific.

The pills come with a leaflet. Not only should she read this, but so should your friend. In fact, so should you, it's not a bad idea to have an idea about how the pill and mini-pill works as long as you still read the leaflet of the particular pill you or your partner go on if that arises.

SassySarah wrote:

I personally would go to a clinic / doctor to get the morning after pill and not tell them I am on the regular pill

I don't recommend mis-informing doctors to trick them into getting a megadose of hormones.

If I read the OP right then couple in question are as protected by the pill as they can be, so the MAP would be needless medication. I'm not at all sure that I am reading the OP right but a GP might be able to get what the story is out of them if they don't try lying to him or her.

NiSmO

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Talliesin

Grand so. They are covered. That is how the pill works.

General rule to follow in life: don't put something in your mouth if you haven't at least a bit of an idea as to what it's going to do. This applies to unidentifiable food in foreign countries, body parts, interesting mushrooms you find growing outside, something offered to you by a scumbag on a street-corner and all legal drugs. Luckily the last example comes with a leaflet; read it.

aidan24326

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In that case your mate and his girlfriend should be ok. They might be well advised to learn the basic facts of the contraceptive they're using though. Amazes me how poorly informed so many people are when it comes to contraception.

Talliesin

/me updates signature. It's just so widely applicable

mr biazzi

tut utt tut

Overheal

Kind of shocking actually the ignorance: You're taught this stuff in 2nd Year Science! CMONNNNNN

:rolleyes:

remind them both that the pill doesnt protect you from STDs.

Beruthiel

mr biazzi wrote:

tut utt tut

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OP
Kindly remind your 17 year old mate, that if he wishes to stay fatherless, he should strongly consider using a condom regardless of whither the pill is being used or not - mistakes and accidents happen - double covering your back makes this less likely.
He could also do with learning about sex before partaking in it - 'pulling out' means absolutely nothing and certainly will not save you from becoming a parent.