Just Starting Lo Loestrin Fe

Period started at 11pm Sunday. Started taking my pills at 7am Monday. I keep waking up after 7am and so i'm taking pills at 8:30a, 9:00a. I'm finally in week two now and I missed a pill yesterday. I realized it when I woke up and was bleeding. I took two this morning to make up for the missed blue pill. How do I change my time from 7am to like...12pm? And did I start too late to begin with? If this is my period beginning, do I continue taking the pills or throw this pack out? I'm so confused!! (first time BCer)

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I am very sorry about the confusion and am happy to help clear this up for you.

If you started them on the first or second day of your period, then you started when you should have and are immediately protected against pregnancy, since they will prevent ovulation this month.

You can just start taking it at noon, if that's what you prefer. You have a window of 24 hours, before it would be considered a missed pill. So, instead of taking the next one first thing in the morning, take it at noon and all will be fine.

Spotting and breakthrough bleeding can occur for the first 3 months or so, after starting a hormonal contraceptive, it is completely normal and missing a pill may have contributed to it, however, since it was just one, you should continue taking the current pack of pills.

Other side effects, as listed by the FDA, may include nausea, dizziness, headache, irritability and PMS-like symptoms.

Is there anything else I can help with?

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