The patch has to be changed each week. You can change the patch weekly for six weeks, without a week off, if you like. If you do that, there's no additional risk of pregnancy. If you leave the same patch on for six weeks, you could get pregnant.
Switching the side on which you wear the patch doesn't make it more likely to get pregnant. You can do that with a new cycle or with a new patch without increasing risk.
Your period may be delayed after stopping the patch. If you had unprotected sex after stopping the patch, take a pregnancy test. If you don't' want to get pregnant, find a new effective methods of birth control.
The birth control patch is designed to prevent pregnancy. If you want to get pregnant, stop using the patch.
Yes, if you stop using the patch as directed, you could get pregnant.
You can get pregnant if you don't use the patch correctly.
depends on the type of hormone, the length of time you have been taking them and if it's from pills, the shot, patch... No long, though. I had a friend get pregnant who was on the pill and had been taking antibiotics for 10 days. the antibiotics cancelled out the birth control and she got pregnant. Ask your doctor for the correct answer, call and and ask the person who answers the phone, they many know.
The birth control patch is designed to prevent pregnancy. If you want to get pregnant, stop using the patch.
The patch and all oral contraceptives are based on the theory that you will ovulate after 8 days without the hormones. If you are removing the patch for the seven days during week four and don't put on a new patch at the beginning of the new week you could ovulate on the 8th day.
If you want to get pregnant, you should stop using the birth control patch altogether.
Yes; for the patch to be effective, you have to use it daily.
If you've been off the birth control patch for five months, you no longer have protection against pregnancy. If you want to conceive, start taking a prenatal vitamin with folic acid. If not, see about starting another method.
If you go more than seven days without a patch, you could get pregnant. Either put the next patch on a day earlier to shorten the patch-free interval, or use a backup method of birth control for the first seven days that you use the next patch.