Saturday, March 15, 2008

The pill when traveling

Not many babies were born, their parents on vacation, but many babies are conceived when their parents is not in Hong Kong. Any method of contraception, but especially contraceptives, need to plan for the future, before going abroad.

Women progesterone - the only "mini-pill" because they are nurses, or because they want to reduce the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), the flight need to be especially aware of the seven rules:

If this pill is more than three hours after pregnancy may be for the next seven days.

Progesterone only pills must adopt a strict timetable, adjusted to different time zones by leaps and bounds. For example, if a woman living in Seattle, normally takes her pills at noon, she will fly to Hong Kong (nine time zones West), but she should still take pills, at the time in Seattle, which Hong Kong is 3:00 ( calendar date does not make a difference).

Combination of estrogen and progestin contraceptives for more space. Women should follow a set of instructions, or 12 hours of rules:

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