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I had been taking the pill for 7 days, I had sex with my partner and I'm scared that the will won't have worked because I had slept with him on the seventh day. Is that enough Days?

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Hi there

Do you mean you have just started taking the contraceptive pill for the first time? If so, if you started it on day 1 of your period you would be covered, but if you started it anywhere else in your cycle (depending on it’s length) you would not be covered until you have used 7 pills (so could have sex on the 8th day to be covered). If you have been on it a while and you were re-starting after a 7 day break, then you would be covered. If you are worried I would recommend taking a pregnancy test 3 weeks after the unprotected sex.

I hope this all makes sense and is helpful.

Best wishes

Katherine

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Fergie98 in reply toBpas_1968

I've taken it in the past a while ago but I stopped because I didnt need it. Would have been a good couple of months since I had taken month after month. But I started to take it on the A Monday and had unprotected sex on the Sunday

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