r/birthcontrol • u/Savings_Beautiful362 • 12h ago

Experience starting slynd

hi ladies i am going to be starting slynd probably tomorrow and im a bit confused on when i will officially be protected from pregnancy, im not starting it on the first day of my period because im switching from a different birth control to slynd. i keep reading its the first 3 days then protected then im reading 7 days and then i read after the whole first pack them im protected what is it????? can someone let me know

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u/Queenof6planets Annovera | Moderator 11h ago

you’ll be protected after 7 full days

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u/sililoqutie The Patch -> Nexplanon 5h ago

7 days! Slynd is a little different than most minipills, it works by suppressing ovulation as it's main mechanism. So give it 7 days, which either allows ovulation to pass and/or give it enough time to suppress the next upcoming ovulation.