What should I do if I take accidentally take two birth control pills in the same day?
Someone asked us:
I know what to do in case I miss a birth control pill, but I have the reverse problem: owing to a nap right before pill-time, my brain got confused with regards to what day it is, and I thought I had forgotten “yesterday’s” pill, and so took both Friday’s and Saturday’s at once. What do I do about this? What should I do tomorrow?
Great question! The solution here is pretty simple — if you’ve taken two pills by mistake, take one pill the next day as usual, and continue taking the pills each day until the pack is finished. Start your next pack the following day. So if you took both the “Friday” and “Saturday” pills on Friday, take “Sunday’s” pill on Saturday. This will mean that the start day for next month’s pack will be moved up a day, and there will be no days that you don’t take any pills. In other words, just keep taking one pill a day and you’ll be fine.
-Nina at Planned Parenthood