If you are on a combined oral contraceptive and have have not missed any other pills in the packet, you are protected from pregnancy and do not need to take an Emergency Contraceptive. If you are on a progestin-only pill, use a backup method for the next 48 hours, and consider using emergency contraception. Contact your health care provider or pharmacist for advice specific to your pill. For evidence-based information on missed Birth Control pills and the risk of pregnancy, see the related link.
yes because its still in your system, your body gets used to it it happens to everyone not everyone stays on track its not like your going to get pregnant because you took it a hour later.
If you had missed a pill or been late with a pill, causing you to take the morning after pill, then you should use a back up method of birth control for the next seven days. If you didn't forget a pill or take a pill late, then I'm not sure why you took the morning after pill, but the birth control pill will still be effective even though you took the morning after pill. The morning after pill doesn't make the birth control pill less effective.
You can take your birth control at any time that is convenient for you, as long as you take your birth control every day at the same time.
Yes, you can take the pill a few hours early. Early is not a problem; late is a problem.
Taking the next birth control pill early does not impact effectiveness. Taking it late may.
You can take the birth control pill with or without liquid. Any liquid will do.
Teens can take the birth control pill.
The birth control pill will not stimulate or jump start your period. Talk to your health care provider if your period is more than three months late.
The instructions for taking the birth control pill are the same for women of all ages. Take the birth control pill daily, at about the same time every day.
You can take a birth control pill before, with, or after a sleeping pill. The order doesn't matter unless the sleeping pill makes you forget your birth control.
when you mis a pill, chances are that your birth control will not work as well as if you were to take it at the same time each day. antibiotics also can cause the pill to be less affective. so always use a backup method when you miss a pill, take a pill more than an hour late, or if you are on antibiotics.
There's no lower age limit for taking the birth control pill.
The effectiveness is the same whether you take the birth control pill with food or on any empty stomach, but some women have nausea if they don't take the birth control pill with food.