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Birth control and traveling to a different time zone?
I am traveling to Maui, Hawaii for the 4th of July, which is 3 hours earlier than mountain standard time. I usually take my birth control pill at 11am mountain standard time, so would I take it at 8am in Hawaii? Or is there another time that I should take it at? Thank you!
When I went to Hawaii, it was 5 hours earlier (and when I went to Europe it was 8 hours later). I just took my pill at the time that would be correct in my own time zone. By that I mean, If I was taking my pill normally at 9pm my time zone and it was 5 hours earlier in Hawaii, I took it at 4pm in Hawaii. Same difference in Europe. I took it as soon as I woke up (which ended up being an hour or 2 later than at home but that's not that big of a deal when you're on a combined pill, which I was).
Does that make sense? So in your case, it's only a 4-hour difference so when you're in Maui, take it at around 7am (or basically, whenever you wake up for the day, assuming you're on a combined pill and not a progestin only pill which does need to be as close to the same time as possible every day).
Does that make sense? So in your case, it's only a 4-hour difference so when you're in Maui, take it at around 7am (or basically, whenever you wake up for the day, assuming you're on a combined pill and not a progestin only pill which does need to be as close to the same time as possible every day).
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