No, you do not have to take Birth Control before protected sex. However, taking birth control and having protected sex just give you added protection both ways against pregnancy and diseases. Keep in mind that using either alone is not 110% protective but 99% effective.
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NO!!! Most birth control you have to take for at least one week before it works at all. Some you have to take for a least a month before it works. If you have unprotected sex on the first day of taking the pill you will get pregnant.
A day one starter starts the very first cycle of her hormonal birth control method on the first day of bleeding. She is protected immediately from pregnancy since she started on the first day of her period.
My OB/GYN recommended that I take my birth control for at least a month before having unprotected sex.
A woman can take birth control pills before she has been pregnant once. Sometimes a woman may use birth control pills before a first period, although that is exceedingly rare.
Providing you took the first pack correctly you are protected immediately.
First, there is no such medical concept as "virginity." Second, yes, you can get birth control before or after you start having sex.
Breastfeeding is a natural birth control but it does not work for all women. If it does work then you are usually protected for the first 3 months. I have known women that this works for an also others that have gotten pregnant again the first time they had sex after the baby was born.
The pullout method is the most unreliable method of birth control. Pregnancy is always a possibility - be protected.
Starting the pill before your period may delay your period, but you may also have breakthrough bleeding during the first three cycles. If starting the pill before your period, use a back up birth control method for the first seven days.
of course, and Birth Control pills are not a Absolute Guarantee you will not get pregnant so keep that in mind.
Starting the pill before your period may delay your period, but you may also have breakthrough bleeding during the first three cycles. If starting the pill before your period, use a back up Birth Control method for the first seven days.