I need this answered

Im having a bit of a problem right now. I am on birth control, but i missed a day (i do the one pill a day thing). The same day I missed, I had sex, and the condom broke. I dont know if I should continue taking the birth control, or how long should i wait to get a P test? Or will it even show up on a P test if I am still on the birth control. I really need some help with this information.

I would stay off the pills till you know whether or not you're pregnant. If you continue on them, and are pregnant, it can harm the baby.

How long has it been? Have you had any breakthrough bleeding? If you miss pills and just start over, sometimes you'll start bleeding in the middle of the cycle, instead of when you're supposed to. This is bad news (speaking from experience).

Birth control, no matter what form, has a failure rate, so yeah, you should get a test. I think they usually recommend waiting 2 weeks after a missed period, but not sure.

From WebMD:

What If I Forget to Take a Pill?

If you forget to take a pill, take it as soon as you remember. If you don't remember until the next day, go ahead and take 2 pills that day. If you forget to take your pills for 2 days, take 2 pills the day you remember and 2 pills the next day. You will then be back on schedule. If you miss more than 2 pills, call your doctor. You may be told to take one pill daily until Sunday then start a new pill pack or to discard the rest of the pill pack and start over with a new pack that same day.

Any time you forget to take a pill, you must use another form of birth control until you finish the pill pack. When you forget to take a pill, you increase the chance of releasing an egg from your ovary. However, if you forget to take any of the last 7 out of the 28 day pills you will not raise your chance of pregnancy since these pills contain only inactive ingredients. If you miss your period and have forgotten to take one or more active pills, get a pregnancy test. If you miss 2 periods even though you have taken all your pills on schedule, you should get a pregnancy test.

It is very important to take the mini pills (progestin only) at the exact same time each day. If you miss a pill or are more than 3 hours late for a pill you should take the pill as soon as you remember and use a backup method (such as a condom or spermicide) for the next 48 hours.

I think you should call your doctor and get advice. Even if the doctor can't see you that day, you could say it is very important and at least speak to a nurse for medical advice. If she talks with you and can't handle the questions, she might be able to put you on the fast track to the doctor.

Good luck.

I agree, I'd call your doctor's office and speak to his/her nurse. The accompanying literature used to tell you to take the pill as soon as you remember and continue taking at normal time the next day.

good advice given in all above posts but dont forget to carry on using condoms untill you know the out come

I say if you are really concerned about not having a baby right now, I would get the morning after pill.

o/t but I thought you came out as a lesbian a few months ago...?

sorry about th condom - that has to be stressful. i agree with balishbun

Thank you all for the help. But I am going in to talk with my doctor. Hopefully he can figure out something soon.
LMo, you must have me confused with someone else. I never "came out". Although, in a post I might have mentioned something about my mother, who is a lesbian.

So did you meet with the doc yet?

oh you're right - I know who I'm thinking of now. Sorry for the confusion.

By the way, what have you decided to do? Have you met with your doctor yet?

I was thinking... in your shoes, I'd probably stop taking the pill in the offchance that you ARE pregnant, and I would certainly not have sex in the next 2-3 weeks until you can take the test.

If you miss a pill take two the next day. You will not get pregnant if you miss one day and take the missed pill along with your next pill.

I met with my doc yesterday. I had stayed off the pill, and he said i could take a test right then. I did and it was negative. I am getting surgery a week from tomorrow, so they do all the blood work and test for pregnancy through that. So my doc is saying I am not pregnant, but he's not 100 percent sure. And we will know for sure in a couple of days, with the blood work. I was kind of angry, because it felt like he could have done more to help me. I dont know exactly what he could have done, thats why I went to see him. But i still felt like something else could have been done.
So there is an update.

Well he could have given you the blood test to see if you are. My husband had a vasectomy right after our daughter was born years ago. He did the labs and had a zero count. I started feeling sick all of the time and he suggested a home pregnancy test. I knew I couldn't possibly be pregnant but I took one just to prove him wrong. He read the results and I thought that he was messing with me. I went into the doctor they did a urine test which also came back positive. I told them that there had to be something else wrong as hubby had the vas, and I was not sleeping with anyone else. My doctor drew the blood and we waited like 20 minutes to get the result. It was positive.

So yeah, I'd be angry too. The test is fast and simple, there's no reason that he couldn't have done it while you were there to put your mind at ease.

hey AAAAA? So how did you get prego if he had a VAS?

</font><blockquote><div id="quote"><font class="small">Quote:</font>
BalishBun said:
hey AAAAA? So how did you get prego if he had a VAS?

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">

Well, not everything is always 100% - there is always a margin of error unfortunately with most birth control. Of course, there could have been something done wrong or not complete or something, but I know I have many friends who have gotten pregnant while on the pill or have had something similar happen.

The important thing is to remain calm until you know for sure.