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Birth control
I'm on my first week of birth control pills.
It says to take it at the same time every day; I took it an hour late. Does that make me any less protected or is an hour still an okay range?
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An hour is nothing to worry about. With the combined pill, which is probably what you've got, they only reccomend you take it at the same time as it helps you to remember to take it. Even if you miss a day, as long as you take it the next day along with that day's pill you should still be covered.
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There are two general types of birth control pills.
The first has progestin, the second has progrestin and synthetic estrogen. All you really need to know about that is that progestin only pills are rare, and that progestin only pills become ineffective relatively easily while the estrogen/progestin mix type pills can miss a full day, double up the next, and only drop from 99 to 97 or 96 percent effectiveness.
The pack will probably say, or you can call your gyno and ask, but 99% chance they gave you the combo pills and you're more than fine. An hour or two's variance on those makes no difference.
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you'll be just fine...but because you just started the pills you wont be as protected as well as you will be if you continue to take them
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It's an okay range, you should still be protected. No big deal :)
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