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[xangeltearzx]

Sorry to have a girl-related rant, but I just really fucked up my birth control. Has this happened to anyone before? Basically I'm an idiot and thought I missed a pill on Saturday so I took two on Sunday, which made me feel extremely ill. Then today, I return to the pack thinking I'm all back on schedule, and I see that I did not in fact miss a

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[anonymous]

lauren, yes, go ahead and stay on track just like normal. it is not a big deal that you took two on one day rather than one, especially because you didnt miss a day in the first place. dont worry about the extra levels of hormones. bcps are so good now that they are a really low-dosage. you got sick because your body is not used to a double dose, but the extra hormones are not going to make you crazy, give you a moustache, or make you pregnant- i promise. so, stay on them now like it never happened. dont freak out, you didnt mess anything up, really. i think the nurse said that you were a day ahead because you just have a day less to take them before you run out and start your placebo, make sense? youre just out one pill, thats all. it would be a bigger deal if you had really missed that one day, but even in that situation, you would stay on the pills like usual too. in that case, it would only be a cause for concern if you had otherwise unprotected sex around that day

[xangeltearzx]

thanks alexis! you will make a fantastic nurse. i am just a psycho purist when it comes to medicine and i know that if i ever got some female-related disease way down the line, i would think--"it goes back to that one wild weekend in April of 2004 when i had that extra estrogen dose," but you have helped to allay my neuroses. I think I am catholic at heart when it comes to birth control. --lauren

[anonymous]

dont worry about diseases because as dave would say, it will be the future! there wont be any diseases in the future! but really, if you get sick, i will take personal interest in getting you the best of care- honestly.

by the way, ive been meaning to get peppermint oil for years, and then your entry about it inspired me and i got some the next day. i also got grapefruit because i love grapefruit but cant eat it because of the meds im on. anyway, i love the peppermint oil, and i think i converted my mom when she came over too. i havent tried the cold-compress yet, still waiting for a headache to come on. i really recommend the grapefruit oil, though. very mild and sweet, and if you mix 4 drops of grapefruit + one drop of peppermint, it is quite lovely! ta ta!

nurse and peppermint oil convert alexis

[xangeltearzx]

awesome...i swear peppermint oil helps everything. hmm i'll have to try this grapefruit oil mixed with the peppermint. do you burn it in some kind of diffuser? i got a cheap one at the body shop but i ruined it by letting it burn too long.

[thekeifer]

Just stop having sex, sinner!

[lumarie]

hey i know i don't know you, but i'm a friend of christine's which is why i read your LJ... long story. anyway, i wouldn't post something unless i thought it important. my name is Laura, and I urge you desperately not to stop using birth control, and i'll tell you why. i'm in the middle of this huge pain in my ass pregnancy scare due to drunken condom-breaking sex, which could have been averted by staying on the pill. i stopped birth control the month before because i wasn't having any occasion to be on it regularly. but condoms suck. i suggest the neuva ring, or possibly an IUD. The IUD hurts like a bitch to "install" as it were, but the chances of getting pregnant with it are less than for someone who's been sterilized, and you may not get your period while you're on it, and they're good for 5 years or something like that. but really. i'm wishing i had never gone off of BC. besides, with bush trying to make all abortion illegal, we can't afford to not use the best protection around. think about it. take care.