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If you take more than a seven day break, you are at risk for pregnancy. Use a backup method until you've taken seven pills correctly in the new pack.
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How do you start taking sugar pills again after missing them?
they're sugar pills.. you don't even need to take them. that's why they're called sugar pills. just go to the next one to keep track of your days.
Do periods stop even if you're on birth control pills?
With the traditional birth control pill you take a cycle of pills every day for 21 days and then 7 days of sugar pills. In the 7 days of the sugar pills you have a period. Today, there are pills that skip the 7 days of pills and you stay on pills for 3 months and then after the cycle of 3 months you have a period. In both cases after the period you start a new cycle of pills.
While on birth control pills do you usually start your period by the time you take the sugar pills?
You start your period when on the sugar pills. Your period should start within three days of your first sugar pill - the exact time will differ from woman to woman.
If you get your period early on in the cycle should you skip right to the sugar pills?
Hi, No never skip to sugar pills when this happens or it will throw your cycle off completely. Continue to take the pills as prescribed. So take the active pills and then the sugar pills when it is time.
Is it OK not be on the sugar tablets for only five days before starting the new pack and not the recommended seven days?
From what I have learned from my physician recently, is that you can only make two choices during your placebo/sugar pill week,You take your sugar pills for the seven days, and menstruation will occur, do not take your sugar pills for the seven days, but you will wait seven days to start your new pack of pills.You start your new pack of pills on the day that you were to start your placebo pills.So to my understanding, you should not start your active pills now, because you will mess up your cycle, and if the pills are not taken properly, everyday and and the same time, you may put your risk for pregnancy.I hope you make the right decision based on the facts that I have told you.
Is it ok to stop taking the sugar pills after 4 days because your periods have finished and start the next month's pills?
No. Take them the way you are suppose to, do not skip any pills. This is important for a regular cycle.
Is it bad to wait a few days to restart birth control after being off it with sugar pills for your period Or do you have to wait to another week upon restarting another pack?
You start the new packet of pills the day after you take the last sugar pill, no waiting or delays - the bad thing about skipping a week is the very real possibility of pregnancy since a week of sugar pills followed by skipping another week of active pills means you may very likely ovulate before starting the new packet of pills. You need to use back up (like condoms) until you have taken 7 active pills over 7 days to prevent pregnancy, if you start a new packet even 1 or 2 days late.
Can you still have your period if you do not take the sugar pills?
Yes, you will still have your period if you don't take the sugar pills. The pills have no effect on your cycle. They are like a place holder to keep you in the habbit of taking your pills at the same time every day.
What happen if you scipt the green pills and take instead the white pills?
In some birth control brands, the green pills are active pills and should not be skipped. In other brands, the green pills are placebos (sugar pills or reminder pills) and can be skipped. Talk to your pharmacist or health care provider to get information specific to your brand of birth control pills.
If you're on birth control then why would your period start 3 days earlier than the sugar pills?
You may be pregnant, take a test.
What can happen if you skip your sugar pills in your birth control pack. As in you don't take them but you don't start a new pack period Could it cause a skipped period?
No. The sugar pills are just so u stay in the routine of taking them everyday. There is no medicine or anything in the sugar pills so u don't have to take them if u don't want to but just remember to start the actives in 7 days
Will it hurt to just not take the last week of my birth control pills?
If your birth control pills give you a "sugar pill" for the last week of your cycle, it is OK to skip them, assuming you start back up after the right amount of days, usually after your period has come. However, not all birth control pills have sugar pills for those days. Some just have a lower dose pill, and skipping them could reduce the effectiveness.
