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You’ll get better at it! I’ve been on it for years, it just becomes part of your life. I take mine in the morning with whatever I’m having for breakfast. If there’s something you do every day, keep them there so you see it and remember! (i.e., in the cupboard with the mugs, etc.)

taking it at night right after i brush my teeth helps me remember. the pill package sits right next to the toothpaste!

put them by your bedside, and take it right b4 go you to bed. i remember my doctor recommended taking the pill at night to avoid the nausaeting side effect because i would be sleeping.

i take my at noon everyday as well. i always keep my pills in my purse so they are with me wherever i am at and i set the alarm on my phone to go off everday at noon to remind me. It works since i always have my phone on me as well. it will become a habit after some time. and don’t worry if you are off my a few hours just take it as soon as you realize you forgot it.

put them by your bedside, and take it right b4 go you to bed. i remember my doctor recommended taking the pill at night to avoid the nausaeting side effect because i would be sleeping. i remember telling my bf at the time to remind me to take my pill. it’s been six years since we last dated, and he still remembers the time i’m supposed to take my pill. thought that was cute. so yes, ask your fiance to be your daily pill reminder before bed. =)

I had this problem and even 20-30 minute variance a few days a week really messed up my cycle–which led me to fear they weren’t effective. If you keep on having an issue with time I HIGHLY recommend Nuvaring. It’s super easy to use and you can’t feel it at all–plus no remembering to take a pill everyday.

set an alarm on your cell

i consulted a doctor and pharmacist about this, the effectiveness doesn’t go down if you are off by a couple of hours so if you’re supposed to take it at 12 but didn’t until 1 or 2 that shouldn’t be a problem, i set my cell phone to remind me every morning when i wake up to take the pill, and that works out pretty good for me…

When I first went on bc I asked the doctor about all the other options, because I figured I’d have a hard time remembering to take it every day around the same time. I looked into the shot (you actually have to take a calcium pill every day so that didn’t help), the seasonale where you only get four periods a year (again, still taking a pill every day) and the nuvaring (I had a friend who was getting the most debilitating, awful urinary tract infections and she kept having them for a while until they figured out it was her ring - I’m already prone to UTIs so again no dice). After all was said and done the good ol’ ortho-tricyclen-lo was the best route for me.

Since I was in college, I was setting my cell phone alarm for a time when I wasn’t in class everyday. Plus, my FH and I went to lunch every weekday, and slept in til lunchtime every weekend(!) so that was a good time for me. But now that I don’t do anything at the same time twice in a week, I’ve adjusted to taking it before I go to bed, because even if there’s a few hours difference, it’s within a certain window, plus when I go to bed I reflect on my day and that usually reminds me if I’ve forgotten. On the info that comes with the pill it says if you want to change the time of day you take it, don’t change it by more than three hours at a time, so I figure three hours is the window of time you have to work with.

I would suggest using another form on top of that if you are really that worried. I’ve been on the pill for two years and we still use condoms too. Partly so my FH is as much in charge of bc as I am, and partly because I’m really paranoid at getting pregnant before I plan it. (The way I figure it, we are so safe that if we did wind up getting pregnant, I know my child would cure cancer or something else magnificent!)

I, too, recommend Nuva-Ring. I had a hard time remembering to take the pill, even after a couple of years. Just remember, though, that the Nuva-Ring is new, so they don’t have a lot of data yet on whether or not it will make it that much harder for all of us on it to get pregnant when we are ready to try. Life is so ironic sometimes: now I rejoice every month that I’m not pregnant, but I know in a couple of years getting my period will make me so sad.