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Q: Not sure if bc will protect from pregnancy?
asked by: Starlight132 on June 23rd, 2009
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I'm a tad worried right now and I need some things cleared up straight away. I had unprotected sex with my boyfriend on the first day of my 4th week pills, This is my first month on Apri birth control, and I had finished all my hormone pills. He did not ejaculate inside of me, we used the pull out method (altough I know this is not a method) Since this is my first month, has my cycle completely changed? Or is it still supposed to come on the normal day? I started taking the pills the sunday after my period started (the sunday was also the last day of bleeding) If my cycle has not been affected, I should have gotten it today, but it has not come. Is my cycle different because I started taking the pills though? And is there a possibility I might be pregnant? (also it is most likely i had already ovulated if the pills hadnt adjusted anyway) Thank you so much.
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susan862003
replied on June 23rd, 2009
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Apri works by preventing ovulation. By the fourth week of taking it as prescribed, you should be safe. Keep on taking the pills as directed. Your cycles will slowly catch up with the hormones supplied by the pill.
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rockon0159
replied on June 24th, 2009
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Actually, when you are on birth control pills, you do not have a cycle. This is because the hormones in the pills prevent you from ever ovulating, as long as you are taking pills. Your week of placebo pills, or pill-free week, allows your body to have a withdrawal bleed. It is NOT menstruation, because no egg was ever released. It is simply a drop in hormones which cause the lining of the uterus to shed.
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