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if i take my first sugar pill (inactive pill), and then have unprotected sex...can i get pregnant?
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The Mrs
replied on November 14th, 2007
Experienced User
No ma'am you can not, as long as you have been taking your pills as directed and have been on the pill for more than one month.
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ashleymay
replied on November 14th, 2007
New User
okay good. another question..if im a few hours late on taking my pill does that increase my chances? i have a friend who got pregnant on birth control and used a condom..
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The Mrs
replied on November 14th, 2007
Experienced User
Your friend had to have used the condom incorrectly (not putting it on properly and making sure all the air is out of the tip causes condoms to break... about 75% of people put them on "incorrectly") and probably wasn't being religious in her pill taking. Going longer than 24 hours between pills increases your risk slightly, but you aren't really at risk for pregnancy unless you miss a pill altogether and do not take two the next day. Also, if she'd just started or switched birth controls then she wasn't fully protected by the birth control pills yet to begin with. It takes an entire pack for the full benefits to kick in and for your cycle to become regulated.
A few hours (3 or so) probably won't increase your risk by much at all, but I'd really suggest you create an alarm on your phone to go off every day to help you remember. It really helps! If you ever forget a pill altogether and don't remember until the next day, take two instead and then continue the pack normally. It's always best to use a barrier method of birth control (condoms) whenever you miss a pill until you finish the pack just IN CASE your body released an egg during the day you forgot to take the pill. But an hour or so generally will not screw you up.