There are about 12 different kinds of birth control pills. if you missed one you should immediately start using an alternate form of birth control and call your obgyn/clinic and ask the doctor/nurse about what to do.
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Avoid sex until you are back on the pills properly.
NEVER stop taking penicillin without a doctor's consent, regardless of which birth control pills you're taking, because infections will come back.
They can actually work for that but you need to speak to your doctor about that.
If you miss nine birth control pills, start a new pack as soon as you can. Consider taking the morning after pill if you had sex in the last five days. Use a back up method until you've taken seven pills correctly.
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.
Under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare,") birth control pills are free for most women with insurance. Your insurer, however, may have a "formulary," or list of medications that are covered. Check with your insurer by calling the number on the back of the card to find out which pills are free.
There are some birth controls that can cause yeast infections. It can happen when starting new or switching brands. If you take meds for a yeast infection and it goes away monitor it to see if it comes back. It may be from your bc pills, if it does not come back, you are ok to continue use, if it does come back, speak with your doctor.
Start taking the pill now. Use a back up method of birth control, like condoms or abstinence from vaginal sex, until you've taken seven pills in a row correctly.
Over time the pill regulates it and can make it shorter and lighter. Once you stop the birth control pill, you can expect to go back to your previous menstrual pattern.
no. Birth control pills can stop periods altogether, shorten them, or turn them in to "spotting" If you were getting your period before you started the pills. If you stop at any time during your cycle this should bring on your period.