After 12 months most users only have a light bleed for one day per month and about 1 in 5 users have no bleeding at all.
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On this page. By Dr Gigi Taguri. Delaying your period if you're not on the pill To delay your period, you can use a medicine called Norethisterone for up to 17 days' delay. Norethisterone is not a contraceptive, and cannot be used to prevent pregnancy. How does Norethisterone work? The pill will still work, and you'll be protected against pregnancy — you do not need to use additional contraception.
Do not worry if you've had sex without using another form of contraception. You do not need emergency contraception. If you're taking a 3-hour progestogen-only pill and are more than 3 hours late taking it, or you're taking the hour progestogen-only pill and are more than 12 hours late, you will not be protected against pregnancy.
It takes 2 days for the progestogen-only pill to thicken cervical mucus so sperm cannot get through or survive. The Faculty of Sexual Health and Reproductive Healthcare recommends using extra contraception for 2 days after you remember to take your pill. The patient information leaflet that comes with your pill might say to use condoms for the next 7 days after you remember to take your pill.
This is because it takes 7 days for the pill to stop you ovulating. If you're sick vomit within 2 hours of taking a progestogen-only pill, it may not have been fully absorbed into your bloodstream.
Take another pill straight away and the next pill at your usual time. If you do not take another pill within 3 or 12 hours of your normal time, use additional contraception, such as condoms, for 2 days 7 days for the hour pill.
If you continue to be sick, keep using another form of contraception, such as condoms, while you're ill and for 2 days after recovering.
Very severe diarrhoea — 6 to 8 watery poos in 24 hours — may also mean that the pill does not work properly. Keep taking your pill as normal, but use additional contraception, such as condoms, while you have diarrhoea and for 2 days after recovering, or 7 days if you're taking a hour pill. Speak to a pharmacist, nurse or GP, or call NHS or the national sexual health helpline free on , if you're unsure whether you're protected against pregnancy, or if your sickness or diarrhoea continues.
If you're healthy and there are no medical reasons why you should not take the progestogen-only pill, you can take it until your menopause or until you're The progestogen-only pill is safe to use if you're breastfeeding. Small amounts of progestogen may pass into your breast milk, but this is not harmful to your baby. It does not affect the way your breast milk is produced. Although it's very unlikely, there's a very small chance that you could become pregnant while taking the progestogen-only pill.
If this happens, there's no evidence that the pill will harm your unborn baby. If you think you may be pregnant, speak to your GP or visit your local contraception clinic. Get medical advice if you have a sudden or unusual pain in your tummy, or if your period is much shorter or lighter than usual.
If you think you may be pregnant, speak to your GP or visit your local contraception clinic. Get medical advice if you have a sudden or unusual pain in your abdomen tummy , or if your period is much shorter or lighter than usual. It is possible that these are warning signs of an ectopic pregnancy, although this is rare. If you are taking a three-hour progestogen-only pill and are less than three hours late taking it, or if you are taking the hour progestogen-only pill and are less than 12 hours late:.
You do not need emergency contraception. If you are taking a three-hour progestogen-only pill and are more than three hours late taking it, or are taking the hour progestogen-only pill and are more than 12 hours late you will not be protected against pregnancy. You will need to use additional contraception, such as condoms, for the next two days after missing the pill.
Depending on when you remember, it may mean taking two pills on the same day one at the time of remembering and one at the regular time , or even at the same time. You will not be protected from pregnancy, so use additional contraception, such as condoms, for the next two days after taking the missed pill. If you have recently had unprotected sex, you may need emergency contraception. Seek advice straight away from your GP or local sexual health clinic.
You can also call NHS Wales if available in your area or 46 47 24 hours a day 7 days a week. If you vomit within two hours of taking a progestogen-only pill it may not have been fully absorbed into your bloodstream.
Take another pill straight away and the next pill at your usual time. Keep taking your pill as normal, but use additional contraception, such as condoms, while you have diarrhoea and for two days after recovering.
Speak to your GP or contraception nurse if you are unsure whether or not you are protected against pregnancy, or if your sickness or diarrhoea continues. The progestogen-only pill is generally well tolerated and side effects are rare. Some side effects can include:. These side effects are most likely to occur during the first few months of taking the progestogen-only pill, but they generally improve over time and should stop within a few months.
If you have any concerns about your contraceptive pill, see your GP or practice nurse. They may advise you to change to another pill or a different form of contraception. When you take two or more medicines at the same time, the effects of one medicine can be changed by the other. This is known as an interaction. Some interactions are listed on this page but it is not a complete list — if you want to check your medicines are safe to take with the progestogen-only pill, you can:.
The antibiotics rifampicin and rifabutin which can be used to treat illnesses including tuberculosis and meningitis can reduce the effectiveness of the progestogen-only pill. Other antibiotics do not have this effect. If you are prescribed rifampicin or rifabutin, you may need additional contraception such as condoms while taking the antibiotic and for 28 days after.
Speak to your doctor or nurse for advice. The progestogen-only pill can interact with medicines called enzyme inducers. These speed up the breakdown of progestogen by your liver, reducing the effectiveness of the progestogen-only pill. Your GP or nurse may advise you to use an alternative or additional form of contraception while taking any of these medicines.
The progestogen-only pill is very safe to take. However, as with the combined contraceptive pill, there are certain risks. If you start your pill at any other time on your cycle then you should use additional protection for 48 hours. The progestogen only pill may prevent ovulation and therefore prevent you going through your usual menstrual cycle.
It is normal for POP to stop periods or make them lighter or irregular. Progestogen-only pill must be taken within three hours of the same time every day. Common brands include: Femulen, Micronor, Norgeston and Noriday. Progestogen-only pill must be taken within 12 hours of the same time every day. Common brands include: Cerazette. The chance of getting pregnant depends on when the pills are missed, how many pills are missed and whether you have had sex with out using another form of contraception such as condoms.
If you are on a pill containing desogestrel then you are taking a 12 hour pill. This means that each pill must be taken within 12 hours of the same time every day. If you are less than 12 hours late, then take the missed pill as soon as you remember and take your next one on time. If you are more than 12 hours late, then take your missed pill as soon as you remember it, take the next one on time and keep taking the pill. You may want to consider emergency contraception.
You will not be protected until you have taken two more pills at the correct time and will need to use condoms when you have sex for those two days. You will be able to rely on your pill for contraception again at about the time that you are due to take your third pill. If you are on a pill containing norethisterone or levonorgestrel, then you are taking a three hour pill. This means that the pill must be taken within three hours of the same time every day.
If you are less than three hours late, then take the missed pill as soon as you remember and take your next one on time. If you are more than three hours late, then take your missed pill as soon as you remember it, take the next one on time and keep taking the pill. If you vomit within two hours of taking the progestogen only pill, it may not have been fully absorbed into your bloodstream.
Take another pill straight away and the next pill at your usual time. If you continue to be sick, keep using another form of contraception while you're ill and for two days after recovering. Very severe diarrhoea 6 to 8 watery stools in 24 hours may also mean that the pill doesn't work properly.
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