A woman on OC pills forgets to take 3 pills in a 3rd week of cycle, what to do next?
A woman who misses any number of hormonal pills should take a hormonal pill as soon as possible and then continue taking one pill each day.It is paicularly impoant to avoid extending the gap between taking hormonal pills. Therefore, if a woman misses three or more hormonal pills during the third week of the pill pack, she should finish only the hormonal pills in that pack and then sta a new pack on the next day. She should throw away all the reminder pills. If a woman misses three or more hormonal pills in the first week of the pill pack and has had unprotected sex, the Expe Working Group advises that she may wish to consider using emergency contraception, because the risk of pregnancy in such a case could be substantial. In addition, since the reminder pills do not contain hormones, a woman who misses any number of reminder pills simply should throw away the missed reminder pills and continue taking one pill each day. The 2004 Expe Working Group considered three to be the critical number of missed pills that should prompt women to take extra precautions.Reference: WHO guidelines
Continue the same pack
Take all the missed pills and continue the pack
Sta a new pack immediately
Finish only the hormonal pills and sta a new pack next day
Contraception