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Keep taking your pills as normal. Take another pill from another packet either now or at the end of your cycle when you're one short. Don't worry nothing bad will happen but just take them as normal - 2 in one day does not = 2 taken over 2 days!
Edit: It seems that you're male.. So I'm assuming this is for a girlfriend or friend!
Reply 2
hitmanuk2k
You take 2 contraceptive pills in one day. What should you do?


Your a guy?
Reply 3
zav
Your a guy?
Well done. Though no marks for spelling.
Reply 4
this is hypothetical right? :rolleyes: 'cos otherwise I would suggest stop taking them as it's unlikely you will get pregnant having a willy 'n' all :p:
If I were you I'd hope to hell that I didn't start growing breasts. Then again, you might like the ol' gynaecomastia.
Reply 6
Believe it or not, I wasn't asking for myself...
Reply 7
like 'i feel shiny' said: obviously it isn't for you, and it should cause no adverse problems...but in no circumstances should 'they' skip taking one the next day.

Incase you didn't know the pill works by making your body think that it is pregnant and therefore can not get pregnant again...so it is feeding pregnancy hormones, if anything they may feel a little more hormonal than usual for a very short amount of time

Just tell them to carry on taking the pill as normal and don't worry. Only worry if you forget to take one, one day, then you should spend a week using another form of contraception as well as carrying on using the contraceptive pill.

Don't panic though its fine x
I did this... :redface:

Just carried on as normal, hence finishing the pack and getting my period a day early. Shouldn't be a problemo

Just remind *whoever you are asking for* to start taking the next packet after 7 days - if she takes it on her normal day, the 8 day gap *could* - though unlikely - trigger ovluation

Alternatively, use condoms during her break :smile:
Reply 9
tigger1430
like 'i feel shiny' said: obviously it isn't for you, and it should cause no adverse problems...but in no circumstances should 'they' skip taking one the next day.

Incase you didn't know the pill works by making your body think that it is pregnant and therefore can not get pregnant again...so it is feeding pregnancy hormones, if anything they may feel a little more hormonal than usual for a very short amount of time

Just tell them to carry on taking the pill as normal and don't worry. Only worry if you forget to take one, one day, then you should spend a week using another form of contraception as well as carrying on using the contraceptive pill.

Don't panic though its fine x


Being pedantic, the pill doesn't contain "pregnancy hormones," it contains analogues of NORMAL reproductive hormones which suppress their natural production.

Anyway, taking two in one day won't do any harm, she needs to (as has already been said) carry on taking it as normal and then start her next pack after 7 days, i.e. a day earlier than she would have otherwise.
Yeah it's just a way of kinda understanding =)