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Q: Stopping and restarting the pill

asked by: WonderingAboutBC on June 11th, 2009

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I wasn't able to get to the Gyno before my last pack of pills finished. Because of this, I had to be off of birth control for about a month. I started my new pack of pills 4 days ago. I know that when you FIRST start birth control, you need to wait 7 days before having sex without a back up method. Does this rule apply if you had previously (and recently) been on birth contol?

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