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You can start taking the Birth Control pill at any time in your cycle. If you start within the first five days of menstrual bleeding, you have immediate protection. If you start at any other time, you should use a back up method of birth control for the first seven days.

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Does stopping taking the pill mess up getting pregnant?

Taking the birth control pill lowers the risk of pregnancy. Not taking the birth control pill does not lower the risk of pregnancy. You are more likely to get pregnant when you are not taking the birth control pill.


What happens if you start your first birth control pill at night and take the next one the next morning?

Taking the next birth control pill early does not impact effectiveness. Taking it late may.


If you start taking birth control pills and stop on your eight pill can you get pregnant?

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When do you start taking your birth control pills if your period starts on monday?

If you start the birth control pill on the day your period starts, you'll have immediate protection.


When do you ovulate if you're on the birth control pill?

Normally a woman does not ovulate while taking the birth control pill. This is the birth control pill's primary method of action.


How old do you have to be to take the birth control pill?

There's no lower age limit for taking the birth control pill.


Should you stop taking the birth control pill if you get your period?

You should continue taking the birth control pill daily as scheduled regardless of bleeding.


Does birth control pill help after conceiving?

If you're pregnant, you should stop taking the birth control pill, as it is of no use.


What if you're on birth control and it comes time to start your period and you don't but you did earlier that month?

No worries. Just continue taking the birth control pill as scheduled.


I would like to stop taking birth contol when is the best time in my cycle to do so?

well, i start to take the birth control pill. i took one month, but i stop taking the pill the next month. what happen did control your period or not what is the risk.


What is placebo?

It is the sugar pill that comes with birth control. It's the time in which you're not taking the hormones that the birth control gives you. They're only there to keep you in the routine of taking a pill every day, and have no effect. It is the sugar pill that comes with birth control. It's the time in which you're not taking the hormones that the birth control gives you. They're only there to keep you in the routine of taking a pill every day, and have no effect.


Can you start taking the birth control pill 1-2 weeks after your period has finished?

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