I think I need this explained from the beginning because l’m missing something. You are protected during the placebo pills even though those pills don’t do anything, right? So technically you can skip the week of placebo pills and be just fine – meaning you are not taking birth control for a week and are still protected. But why do people get pregnant if they miss regular pills? Help me make sense of this.
Disclaimer: Yes, I understand there’s always the possibility of getting pregnant even if you use birth control pills correctly.
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Hold on… I’m still trying to sort this out. So say if you take 3 weeks of pills, and stop for a week, you get your period, and are protected from pregnancy. But if you take 1 week of pills, and stop for a week, you’re not protected? Bc the hormone drop is at the wrong part of the cycle?
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