Is taking an extra BCP extra safe?

SO, in this scenario of unprotected sex…… The girl takes her pill before her and guy go at it, with out a condom, he pulls out and later that day, the girl takes an extra birth control pill. Is that safe enough? Or what does the extra pill do?, anything?

Answer #1

I don’t think an extra birth control pill will do anything.

Birth control only works if you’ve started taking it regularly. When I take mine I was told I should really be on it for two weeks before I have unprotected sex, but a month is recommended, just to make sure your system regulates. BCPs don’t kill sperm, instead they release hormones to prevent pregnancy. So it may not be enough to protect you from getting pregnant to take BCPs at all unless you already were taking them like you were supposed to be (every day, at the same time or near the same time).

Taking more than one pill probably wont hurt anything in one day (in fact if you miss a day you are supposed to take 2 the following day to regulate, but if you end up doing that a lot it will screw with the efficacy.) but it probably won’t help you at all with preventing pregnancy if you just took them out of the blue without starting them sooner.

Answer #2

Ideally the gal should have been on the BCP REGULARLY for one month before prior to any sex. And in this case, NO additional protection is given by an extra pill.

If she had not been on ANY BCP before hand, the pill the day of plus the one next day will do nothing. Instead she should - AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - get the morning after pill - PLAN B. Any pharmacy in the US can sell it to ANYONE who is at least 17 years old. Also available at Planned Parenthood clinics. There is a caveat …. if the girl’s ovaries have already released an egg, Plan B will do nothing.

So, it is best to get on the pill (99.4% effective), use condoms (97%), or use the Plan B (70-85%). Because getting pregnant will totally change your life. And if you are not really prepared and mature, that life is not going to be easy. Good Luck!!

Answer #3

Well she’d been on the pill for a couple of years, but is still super paranoid about such things, like GETTING PREGNANT. But wasn’t so sure if she’d taken the pill efficiently that week prior to the getting down an dirty :/ but did take it RIGHT before it all happened, and he pulled out.

Answer #4

Well she’d been on the pill for a couple of years, but is still super paranoid about such things, like GETTING PREGNANT. But wasn’t so sure if she’d taken the pill efficiently that week prior to the getting down an dirty :/ but did take it RIGHT before it all happened, and he pulled out.

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