Comments | birthcontrolled: Time change

thyexecutioner in birthcontrolled

Time change

Mar 06, 2010 23:04

I'm sure this has been asked before, but I'm curious about time changes with bc. A couple years ago, I traveled down along the east coast to Mexico, etc. while on birth control and realized half-way through the trip that the time was changing and you're supposed to take bc at approximately the same time every day. I'm on Loestrin 24Fe, if that's at ( Read more... )

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thyexecutioner March 7 2010, 04:38:55 UTC

That was my inclination but I wanted a second opinion. Thanks!

onlyforever10 March 7 2010, 04:43:04 UTC

I agree. I travel a lot for my job and asked my doctor about it and she said it would be fine. A pill isn't even considered late unless it is 12 hours late and one completely missed pill (according to the pamphlet) doesn't even require backup protection.

Of course if you are the really paranoid type, just adjust your pill time to the different time zone if it makes you feel better. That works fine too :)

amedio3k March 7 2010, 05:13:37 UTC

my understanding is that bc stays in your system for 24 hrs, so as long as you're taking it every day, you're fine. The reason you should take it about the same time every day is so you' ll be less likely to forget to take it.

taldragon March 7 2010, 10:35:42 UTC

actually it's a 5 hour time difference from NY to UK.
11.30pm NY time = 4.30am GMT

thyexecutioner March 7 2010, 17:28:29 UTC

Yeah, that wasn't the point of the question though.