The morning-after pill is a type of emergency birth control (contraception). The purpose of emergency contraception is to prevent pregnancy after a woman has had unprotected sex or after her birth control method has failed. (http://www.mayoclinic.org)
My husband and I had unprotected sex so what I did was look for an emergency contraceptive. In the philippines, the most common morning-after-pill is NORDETTE, but since it is out of stock in Mercury drugstore and Watson’s I bought LADY TRUST PILLS instead since it also have 150mcg of Levonorgestrel.
I bought LADY pills in Generics Pharmacy at 45PHP (1USD).
The content is 30mcg Ethinyl Estradiol and 150mcg Levenorgestrel. I followed the dose I found in this site. ( http://en.hesperian.org/hhg/Where_Women_Have_No_Doctor:Emergency_family_planning )
Here is the dose for LADY.
1st dose: Take 4 tablets within 5 days after unprotected sex.
2nd dose: Take another 4 tablets 12 hours after the 1st dose.
REMEMBER:
1.) You should take the brown pills only because the white pill contains no hormone.
2.) Make sure you are not pregnant when taking the morning-after-pill.
3.) Taking the morning-after-pill is just for emergency contraception and does not protect you from HIV/AIDS. Make sure you check with your OB Gyne.
