WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2001: Re: Pill question?

Re: Pill question?

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 29 Jun 2001 18:51:13 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Kelly wrote: >
>I have a question about starting the pill on day 1 of my period. I just
>got my first pack of pills and it has Sunday as the first day to take
>the pill. It says if you are going to be a day 1 starter to pick the
>sticker that starts with the first day of your period even if it's
>almost midnight and place it over Sunday. Let's say I get my period on
>a Wednesday at night, but I'm not going to take my first pill until
>Thursday afternoon. Is it ok to put the Thursday sticker over Sunday
>and start the pack then?

day one start means you start the day your period begins -- if you start at night, take the first pill then, and from that point on you can take the rest in hte morining, or afternoon or whenever. IF your period begins late at night, it is fine to start the next day

I was just confused as to why it says to put >the sticker that starts with the first day of your period even if it's
>almost midnight over Sunday since most people aren't going to take it
>around midnight anyway, since you have the first 24 hours of you period
>to take the first pill anyway. Thank you for your help.

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG South Lake Tahoe, CA

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