When I first started I was on Cerazette. GP didn't want to prescribe me with the combination pills because I have frequent migranes. Cerazette was horrible - I had terrible mood swings (my poor boyfriend got the brunt of it ) and I was spotting everyday for more than a month. Then I changed to Noriday. So far no adverse side effects although I still bleed every month on it... Although I'm not sure if my weight gain is due to Noriday so I'm thinking of stopping it for a month (it's summer holidays now so I won't see my boy until September) and starting it again a few weeks before I'm due to fly back to the UK. My question is: If I start my pills again not on the first or fifth day of my cycle, how long do I have to use condoms for? Here you said 7 days but my instruction leaflet said two days is sufficient. I just want to make sure so I can time my pill taking right.

Also, how did anyone parents react when they found out that you became active? My mum blew up like a volcano after she found out that I was active with my LONG TERM boyfriend.. When I tried to reassure her that no, I won't get pregnant because I was using condoms and the pills as well it was as if WWIII broke out... She kept saying how I have disappointed her and where did she go wrong with raising me etc. by taking those vile medication because I will be rendered infertile and it will mess up my body and told me to stop taking it and stop having sex immediately I swear she wants me to end up preggers because relying on condoms is far far more unreliable than the pills and I don't even pay a single cent for contraceptives because it's free in the UK! Gosh! Any ideas on how to deal with her?

And yes, I do agree that Malaysians should be educated on BC matters. If society was different my mum wouldn't react like what she did. Before I went to the UK, I did not even know that BC could control acne breakouts or regulate PMT. Of all BC, I think condoms are the most inefficient method and yet it's more accepted than pills. Don't even get me started trying to explain the patch/injection to my mum because I think I'll get disowned lol..

This post has been edited by Ryuujin: Jul 26 2013, 10:39 PM

Ah okay. Well it was partly my fault as my mum kept bugging me if I had done it with my boyfriend. One day I got so frustrated and I just said yes. It seems to my mum that my sex life is her business :/