juldea: (sleepy)
[personal profile] juldea

I guess I should've counted weeks earlier, not just estimated... it's been 14 weeks since my last Depo shot. The next two paragraphs come from the Depo home page.

It's very important to get your injections on time, every 11 to 13 weeks. You can ask your health care professional to get your injection as early as week 11. If you wait longer than the end of week 13, you won't be protected. Because DEPO-PROVERA works by stopping ovulation, if you miss your injection, you may begin ovulating and could get pregnant.

So, if you do miss your injection (after 13 weeks since your last injection), you should protect yourself in the meantime using an alternate method of birth control, such as condoms, spermicides, or diaphragms. (Or don't engage in sexual activity until your next injection.) Your health care professional should give you a pregnancy test right before your next injection in order to make sure you aren't pregnant. Continue to use alternate birth control or refrain from sexual activity for another 2 to 3 weeks.


So, um, doh.

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