Am I an ignorant twat for not knowing this or is it not true? Anyone know?

[ElizaDooFuckAll]

Ladies

Not sure if posting here is the right place but it seemed as good as any.

I ran out of pills, couldn't get my prescription from the Dr so borrowed a pack from my friend, who takes a different brand.

I joked with my co workers today that I was going to switch to my friends brand as my boobs seemed to be growing. When I explained what I meant they all went nuts and said that you shouldn't do that as you wouldn't be covered for the first 10 days of taking the new branded pill, so could end up pregnant.

Seriously - is this true? Am I completely ignorant of this or.....should I not have thrown mydd's cot out at the weekend? Have I technically been having unprotected sex for 10/14 days??

I ran out of pills once and just went to the pharmacy and explained the situation. They gave me one months worth there and then without a prescription.

I took my normal 7 day break, have had sex about 6 times. (TMI?) I did fall easily for my DD so I am cacking my knickers about this one.

Oh god I dread telling him tonight that there is a slight possibility.

When is the earliest I can test?

My boobs really hurt BTW. Hoping it's this new pill I'm trying out ha...ha...

See, that's what I thought seona, I don't care if a man in a white coat or a pharmacist gives me contraception, so long as it's freely available.

Eliza how u get on? What did dr say?

For others info most GPs will ok a months supply incase of an emergency depends if you tell reception staff. also if you go to a pharmacy they can if they are ok with it and you know what you are on also ok 1 months supply ( there is usually a charge cheaper than getting pregnant). P how have you got on. You were defiantely not covered for either the first 7 days of the packet and the preceeding 7.

If that's the case Peppy, why isn't the pill available over the counter?

it is - in Spain for sure.

I was told that You are unprotected when changing pill brands.

Whoops.

I want to know how it went, you were back in active convos :)