need advice in using patch

gurls...i need advice plss...i plan to use contraceptives patch
but my period is a week past..i mean my period is already finished 5 days ago..
can i still use patch even i didnt start in the first day of my period?
it is still effective?bcoz last week of this month my boyfriend will
coming home from his work, i want to be safe while his here together..

[Kim1989]

why dont you just wait till your period rolls around again

you wouldnt be safe anyways it takes like a month or more to actual start working

you two want to be safe use condoms for the time being

[muffiin]

I use the Evra patch and it said you can either start on the first day of your period or the first Sunday after your period. I rarely get my period so I was waiting for about a year to use them until I just put it on and said whatever! who knows when I'm going to get my period. It doesn't take a month to start working, the information package that comes with the patch said if you start the sunday after use contraceptives for a week. so, Your period already ended 5 days ago which means the sunday after already past right? That's okay. Just start the next sunday on November 7th.

[muffiin]

you should also read the instruction package, it explains a lot if you still have doubts.

[muffiin]

i meen start on november 9th