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Re: Pill question
From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 4 Jan 2001 21:28:38 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Teresa wrote: >
>I called my doctor and I told them I threw up an hour after I took the
>pill and they said if my body didn't absorbed that I would have some
>spotting. Well I had some spotting today, does this mean the pill won't
>be effective the rest of the month and if that is case, I had sex the
>day the pill should have been effective, but then I got sick the next
>day and I haven't had sex since, what are the chances of me getting
>pregnant still? Thanks... I am on Alesse and have been on it for 3
>months.

The chance of getting pregnant with one missed pill depends on when in hte cycle that pill was -- while still low, it is higher if it is in the first several days then if it is nearer the end of hte pack.

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD S. Lake Tahoe, CA
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