Two pills behind on birth control; want to re-regulate, how long before effectiveness goes back to normal?

Question:

I accidentally dropped two of my pills (on the floor, couldn't find) during this past cycle, so instead of skipping them, I just took the next day's pill. Well, now I'm off two days off (today is Monday, my pills are punched out until Wednesday). I want to put it back on the regular schedule where I take the beginning of the new pack this Sunday instead of Friday, but the insert says not to allow more than 7 days to pass between the last white pill of the old pack and the new pack. What happens if you let more than 7 days pass? What happens to the effectiveness of the pill? How long before it gets back to normal?

Sorry if that's complicated. I appreciate the help.

Answers:
I do that all the time. Mind you, I'm a lesbian so I don't exactly have to worry about getting pregnant.

Just take it when you normally would and use a condom if you have sex in the next month.

Honestly, you should be using a condom every single time you have sex anyway. The pill is not 100%. I've known women to get pregnant while on it; we ovulate twice in a month more often than we'd like to think we do.

I've had to do that a couple times. I know that the pill does become less effective if you miss days (I think it was an article in Cosmo). I almost always use a condom anyway, I'm a worrier by nature :]. I would say probably after the new pack you should be back to the usual level of effectiveness.

Until then just be cautious. Hope this helps!

Two pills behind on birth control; want to re-regulate, how long before effectiveness goes back to normal?

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