If this is your first week ever taking the pill, it is recommended that you use backup protection (condom) for the first 7 days of taking the birth control pill (it says this in the directions, and your gynecologist should have explained that your pill is not effective the first week).
If you have been taking your birth control pills for a few months, then every week provides the same level of protection, assuming you are using it with perfect use (taking it at the same time of day, every day).
With perfect use, your birth control pill is 99% effective at preventing pregnancy.
The birth control pill does not work retroactively, meaning, if this was the first time you have ever used the pill, and you had unprotected sex, then taking it continuously does not prevent a pregnancy that is "in the making". In other words: the pill does not work to end a pregnancy, if it is not used correctly.
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If this is your first week ever taking the pill, it is recommended that you use backup protection (condom) for the first 7 days of taking the birth control pill (it says this in the directions, and your gynecologist should have explained that your pill is not effective the first week).
If you have been taking your birth control pills for a few months, then every week provides the same level of protection, assuming you are using it with perfect use (taking it at the same time of day, every day).
With perfect use, your birth control pill is 99% effective at preventing pregnancy.
The birth control pill does not work retroactively, meaning, if this was the first time you have ever used the pill, and you had unprotected sex, then taking it continuously does not prevent a pregnancy that is "in the making". In other words: the pill does not work to end a pregnancy, if it is not used correctly.
May 15, 2011 - 9:03pmThis Comment
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