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Pregnancy
I was wandering if you still get your period if you are on the pill and get pregnant
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There are two different kinds of 'pills' I'm going to tell you about, which have very different effects.
First - THE COMMON BIRTH CONTROL PILL (containing progesterone and estrogen)
Ok, so, do you still have your period? It depends on the pill you are taking. Normally, you have 'the pill' in 28-day packs, where 21 consecutive pills you take contain Progesterone and Estrogen that do not allow ovulation (meaning, the woman taking the pill would not produce an egg, and with no egg, there is no conception or baby). Notice I only said 21 days, this leaves out 7 days of a 28-day pack of birth control pills. These 7 days of pills left are 'reminder pills'. They do not contain hormones and are called reminder pills in order to keep a woman in the habit of taking the pills every day. During these 7 days, a woman would have her period because she is not taking the pills containing hormones, only the 'reminder' pills.
Can you get pregnant? It is possible. The pill is MOST effective when it is taken at the same time of the day EVERY day. Fluctuating when you take the pill can make it less effective.
THIS DOES NOT PROTECT YOU AGAINST SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. (Just in case you didnt already know that - it is incredibly important to be aware of.)
If you are worried about the effectiveness of birth control - use a condom with birth control. Even this, however, does not make 100% certain that you will not get pregnant, which is why you need to be extremely careful or not having sex at all.
As for the second type of pill! A more uncommon one which contains only progesterone. (Sometimes called 'the mini pill')
I don't know very much about this pill so, I am going to copy and paste from a website. (I suggest you visit a site such as www.scarletteen.com)
One type of birth control pill, known as the Minipill, contains only the hormone progesterone. Although progesterone alone may prevent ovulation, this may not occur reliably every month. The Minipill also works by thickening the mucous around the cervix, which prevents the sperm from entering the uterus. It also affects the lining of the uterus so if the egg is fertilized it cannot attach to the wall of the uterus. The Minipill is taken every day - there are no reminder pills. On the Minipill you may have no period or you may go several months without a period, which means you are not ovulating. If you are having regular periods, you are probably still ovulating and are at greater risk of getting pregnant.
and in conclusion from this website:
The Pill works best when it is taken every single day at the same time of day, regardless of whether you are going to have sex. This is especially important with progesterone-only pills. You should not take a friend's or sister's pills. If pills are skipped or forgotten, you are not protected against pregnancy and backup birth control, such as condoms, must be used.
In general, how well each type of birth control method works depends on a lot of things. These include whether a person has any health conditions or is taking any medications that might interfere with its use. It also depends on whether the method chosen is convenient - and whether the person remembers to use it correctly all the time.
Protection Against STDs?
The birth control pill does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). For those having sex, condoms must always be used along with birth control pills to protect against STDs.
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