Expert: Diane Cheryl - 5/18/2008

Question
so im on the ortho tri-cyclen lo and have been for about 5 months and stoped taking it for about 2 weeks i had some kinda flu and now im taking it again but i havent been completely smart with taking it i have missed quite a few days and have taken it late alot and have had unprotected sex a couple times and when i stared the sugar pills i got my period a day later then normal but my flow is really really lite is it possible i could be pregnant its been about 2 and half weeks since the first time unprotected since i re-started taking my birth control

Answer
It's possible that you could be pregnant, Kassandra, but please check with your doctor about this. When you don't take the birth control pills correctly, you have more chance of pregnancy. Even if you have "protected sex", it's not really 100% safe to prevent pregnancy.
Missing some pills and taking them late means greater chance of pregnancy. Please email me at DCHERYL51@yahoo.com and let me know what happens. Hope to hear from you soon. P.s. If you want to get a free pregnancy test, check out http://www.optionline.org or call 1-800-395-HELP. If not in U.S. then go to this site http://www.heartbeatinternational.org/worldwide_directory.asp

Diane Cheryl