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Q: Can Birth Control harm a Fetus?

asked by: DoctorQuestion on October 6th, 2006

if you are a couple of weeks or a month pregnant and used to take birth control but then started again recently would it kill or harm the featis in any way?

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on October 16th, 2006

Birth Control Answer A1612

Birth control pills usually can’t harm a fetus. The pills contain synthetic estrogen and progesterone. The same hormones are also present in the mother’s body during the pregnancy.

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