Hi, I take Yasmin and have done for a few months, never missing any pills. I'm on day three of my pack and took my pill as normal and went to class. However, when I returned home I realised I'd accidentally left my pill pack in direct sunlight that was coming in through my window. Will these pills h...

Fab, thanks so much

Hi there, When taking birth control, what exactly constitutes diarrhea that might affect the pill? I take Yasmin. Do I only need to worry about serious diarrhea? My bowel movements are regular, one a day, but can be a little soft as in they stick to the loo - not diarrhea or watery though. Bit perso...

Thanks for your help! I'll try to relax and not panic till I can know what's going on for sure

Yes thanks :) I get a bit panicky sometimes I'm ok re sti's but my boyfriend isn't necessarily, he had an updated test for chlamydia recently but not anything else for a while-something which will certainly be rectified when he gets back next week now that I've had these worries. And I'll make sure ...

I take the pill and have never missed one. I got my last period as normal and started my next pack of pills as normal. However, since my last period I have had this thick creamy discharge. I've been to the doctors and had a swan sent to the lab but won't get the result for a week. I have now started...

Ok thanks so much for all your help, it's really appreciated

Hi guys, an update and further question. I've got my course of antibiotics - the symptoms had basically cleared up this morning but I got them to be sure. But I feel like I'm unusually smelly down there...I'm not sure how to describe the smell. Kind of sweaty maybe but sort of like urine..haha gross...

Ok, thank you so much for your help hopefully I'll be able to sleep with the discomfort tonight and I'll get it sorted tomorrow

Thanks for the help guys :) At the moment now, since its 7pm where I live nowhere is open except Accident and Emergency at the hospital. And I guess it's not an emergency. Will it be ok to wait tonight and then go and see a doctor tomorrow at 10 when they open? I won't be risking making myself sicke...

Hello, I have suffered from cystitis and I think its due to sex. It cleared up in about a day - I drank loads of water and took over the counter drinks to make the urine less acidic. I have it again now so I'm using all the same methods and it seems to be getting a bit better. Its so uncomfortable t...

So I take my pill at 8am every day. My alarm woke me up at 8 this morning and I assume I took my pill since it was missing from the packet when I next woke up later on. I mean this sounds like a really dumb question but is it safe to assume I took it in that case? It's just scary that I was so tired...

Hi - I went to the pharmacy and the pharmacist was quite unhelpful with regards to my questions saying vaguely that the antibiotic may interfere but hes not sure. He was also quite horrible to me actually saying I should be thinking about clearing the infection, not sex. But I'm mainly concerned tha...

Hi, I've been prescribed Metronidazole for bacterial vaginosis. I went the doctors yesterday and I'm picking up my antibiotics today. I've been prescribed a single 2g dose of it to be taken all at once. I have a couple of questions: 1. I drank a fair amount of wine last night and I feel rough becaus...

Apologies for my typos :/

Hello, I'm arouns five foot six and weigh about nine stone four, so I'm a healthy weight and relatively slim. However, ive always had a slightly protruding tummy-I used to do lots of Irish dancing which is a very good workout so I wa really fit but my tummy always looked kind of bloated and sticky o...

Okay, thank you very much for answering

Ok, thanks. So I took my second active pill of my new pack today but i'm still bleeding a fair bit. So this is ok, and I can expect to stop bleeding in the next couple of days? What if this doesn't happen and the bleeding continues? Would I speak to a nurse or should I just put it down to my body ad...

Hello,

Im on the pill and my withdrawal bleed continues for a little bit very lightly for the first day or so of my next pack of pills. Is this ok?

Thank you

Ohhhh thanks yeah that seems like a good idea, will do!

Ok then. thanks for your help

Hello again, I have another question. Could changes to the areola also be a side effect of taking the pill? Mine have become bigger over the past couple of days :/

Okay thanks to both of you for answering me you've made me feel a lot better about it! xx

The info hasn't caused me to panic but the fact that ive developed a side effect when ive been using the pill with no problems seemed a bit weird to me. but Sam W said side effects can come and go - so I shouldn't worry about it randomly showing up now

I don't want to panic and work myself up about something like this though, because most probably I know things will be ok, at least I don't think I really have reason to stress so much...