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Today i forgot my contraceptive pill, i took it yesterday at around 7:00am today i forgot, took it at 8:00pm, i haven't had sex for 3 days?
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You're fine: The rule of thumb is that if you remember to take the pill within 24 hours of the usual time, and it happened only with one pill as opposed to several days in a row, your contraception protection should be just fine. If you are super concerned, you can always use condom as a back-up next few weeks, but there really is no need as log as you don't make this a habit.
Answered 9/28/2016
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