Hey - so im on birth control... I have
been for about one month now, according to
the pills I should be on my period
starting today. I haven't started yet.
Im worried, in this past month i've had
many, many rounds of unprotected sex, my
question is..... How long does it take
for birth control to start working???
Could I be pregnant???... I started my
last period on a sunday, so I took the
first pill that night (im on marvelon).
Any information would be appreciated...
Either way, I think im going to get a
pregnancy test sometime today.
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autumn24
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2004 Posts: 39 Location: new brunswick
Posted: 01-26-04 15:21pm
When I use to take birthcontrol pills my
period always started on the third sugar
pill, not the first. In regards to how
long it takes well at least one month, but
you should be using a second precaution
anyways since many things will decrease
the effectiveness of the pill including
drinking liquor-different medications and
so forth and the pill isn't 100% to begin
with. I personnally don't use the pill
because it's useless in my mind condoms
and spermicide (foam) together are much
more effective (and i'm 25 with no
pregnacies as of yet. I can list many
pill users who have children along with a
few who where on the needle.
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cherry_pie
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jan 2004 Posts: 599
Posted: 01-26-04 18:02pm
I went onto the website for the specific
pill that im taking, and it says on there
that this pill only takes 7 days to work,
if I took my first pill on the first day
of my cycle... Which I did. I didn't
have sex for the next seven days either..
My one friend said that the same thing
happened to her, she didn't start her rag
until a couple days later, so im going to
wait till about wednesday or so, and then
if nothing.. I'll start thinking about
what I should be doing next.
