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BC/Pregnancy
Strictly for informational purposes only, I was wondering about this:
On birth control packets it says that it's normal not to have a period one month, but if you still don't start the next month, to take a pregnancy test.
My question is, wouldn't taking birth control that first month hurt the fetus for the next month if you were pregnant?
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Though getting pregnant while on birth control is a slim chance, many a woman have conceived while taking it.
Considering you don't know you're pregnant the minute it happens, you keep taking the birth control until you realize it.
Let me give you a kinda-sorta comparison type example:
When I was pregnant with my oldest son, during the first month before I realized I was pregnant, I'd drink on a couple of weekends with my husband. Considering it was whiskey I drank, I was quite worried when I discovered I was pregnant. We all know that alcohol during pregnancy is a big no-no!
My OB told me to have no worries, that it is an extremely slim chance that my baby would be effected by what I drank in that first month.
He came out just fine! :-D
Of course, alcohol and birth control are two different things, but if one continues to consume both during pregnancy, both can cause problems for baby.
So, when you discover you're pregnant, you discontinue taking birth control just as you would discontinue drinking alcohol.
Does that make sense? I hope I didn't make you more confused.
Be sure to ask your doctor or pharmacist questions like this. They don't mind if you call in to ask. Part of their job is to make sure you understand what medicines you are taking, and answer any questions you have about them.
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Although there haven't been any really indepth studies that I know of done on this, it is generally believed that continuing to use birth control for the first month or two of pregnancy has no real effect on the baby. The ammount of estrogen and progesterone in the pills is too small to cause signifigant damage.
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