No form of Birth Control is a 100% safe, and above all only condoms can protect you from getting a disease. So combine an oral contraceptive, or a patch, with a condom. The risks are very very slim if you use both. If you both have been tested for diseases, and you're faithful to one another, you can think about not using a condom, but you should always use something!
No, birth control pills DO NOT protect against HIV
It's completely upto you but you must know that birth control will not protect you against pregnancy until you've been taking it for one month and also have not missed any pills.
Yes it is completely safe and will not interfere with your birth control.
Absolutely YES! Birth control pills only protect you from getting pregnant. Condoms, while not foolproof, will protect you from STDs.
The birth control patch is meant to prevent ovulation completely.
The birth control pill has the ability to protect against pregnancy and to regulate the menstrual cycle. It has absolutely NO ability to protect against any form of sexually transmitted diseases, either bacterial (such as chlamydia) or viral (such as HIV/AIDS).
No, absolutely not
Birth control is what is used to prevent unintended pregnancy, there are multiple different types of birth control that work in different ways, it is ignorant to say 'birth control' to mean one specific type of birth control. Without knowing what type of birth control you're referring to we cannot answer your question - some birth control does absolutely nothing to your hormones, some birth control completely shuts down your hormones.
Birth control only protects against pregnancy. Condoms protect against sexually transmitted diseases.
Yes, it is possible for your period to be late or stop completely from any hormonal birth control.
Absolutley not! The two things that do are: no sex or condoms. Birth control pills control the births of babies, nothing more.
yes it is completely normal.