I feel like this is a really stupid question, but if you have taken birth control for a year and a half and have unprotected sex during the placebo week, could you still get pregnant?
Birth Control - Can you still get pregnant during placebo week?
Question posted by spinnerbait on 7 March 2011
Last updated on 13 November 2017 by Newborn14
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6 Answers
Newborn14
14 Nov 2017
Can a girl get pregnant a week before she gets birth control?
blt163
6 Sep 2015
Hi
I also have a familiar question, I've been on the pill for probably nearly two years taking it correctly ect. I went on the sugar pill and got my period then had the actual pill 2 times & I thought my period had gone as I hadn't bled all day, I had unprotected sex then the next morning I had bled again so period obviously not fully gone. Should I be worried about pregnancy?
rachaels
2 Feb 2014
Just thought it was funny one person if getting upset about having sex on your period when the question at the top is about getting pregnant during the placebo week of birth control. I just had sex last night with my boyfriend during the second to last day of the placebo week and I was just a little worried. Thank you to the first person who answered this question, it helped a lot.
johnson_lamostar
2 May 2012
I just remove my Mirena about 2 months ago, Got on the pills wasn't taking them right, Had sex with my cycle on. Is there a chance I could be pregnant?
etphonehome
11 June 2013
Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. I read the comment from mocha cream and had to create an account just to respond.. For one, who do you think you are telling her she’s nasty... You have no right to judge her because she chooses to have sex while she’s on her period. A lot of women do that.
And let me just say this, 1) you sound extremely ignorant in your post because you can’t even use proper grammar. And 2) I myself being raised in the south was brought up to not open my legs at all (I think all women are brought up that way, whenever they’re from)… it didn’t matter if I was on my period or not. We as women choose to have sex with whom we like and when we like. And I strongly suggest the next time you want to comment on someone’s post, you take a little time to reread it and you might need to be the one to get a clue yourself…
bbhab
21 July 2013
oh i even had sex during my period. nothings wrong with that its not nasty. 'you can even have sex under the shower.
lilangel21
7 Aug 2013
Im new here so i've been taking the pill for almost three months now. And never once got pregnat on them. Ive been taking them everyday at the right time. Even thou its 99.9 percent i still worry a lil bit. But with a condom its a 100 percent right.. so anyways i dont bearly use condoms but im still taking the pill as my doctor prescribed. Bout a month ago my body has been going thou alot of changes since i've been back on the pill. Like if i were pregnant. Should i worry?
greenflowerbead
8 Oct 2013
@mocha cream
This is 2013 and you have no idea what being a woman means. Being a woman does not entail acting according to societal, or "acceptable" cultural norms. As a woman, you should be able to think and feel for yourself. What is gross about bleeding? Your body, your blood. If you have a partner that can accept you like that, then that is true intimacy. I get the feeling that someone like you doesn't quite understand the concept of intimacy. Sorry shug', but it's not the same as showing your sloppy titties to Jim-bob behind the 7-11 barn.
cf0890
31 Dec 2013
Wow the first person who commented is ridiculously rude. Maybe you were "raised" not to have sex on your period but hell if your man doesnt mind and you want some then go for it! Take a shower after or do it in the shower for that matter! Get over yourself.
cdaisyk
7 Jan 2014
Halleluja to all of you self empowered women. I wish my boyfriend wasn't grossed out by me on my period (which I respect and understand for my own reasons and love and acceptance for him) or I'd be there with you. Woman chooses not society. "your body, your blood." - Than you!!
Nik.Nikita
9 March 2011
Spinnerbait, It's not likely to happen, but birth control pills are not 100 percent accurate. I have 2 birth control babies!! Good luck! NIK
SHAKIYLASTANLEY
25 Jan 2017
You had two babies while on birth control? That makes me question a lot about my situation.
blaze22
7 March 2011
No... or it is highly unlikely... The birth control pill uses hormones to basically convince your body that it is already pregnant so you do not ovulate, because you don't ovulate when you are pregnant. The monthly period is caused when the hormone supression is removed and with drawl bleeding occurs because from a hormonal point of view your body thinks you delivered or miscarried... It is not likely that you will get pregnant due to the fact that the pill does not just work on a 24 hour period, and thus building up the hormones and levels of fooling the system over time... almost like that of an extended release tablet of any medication, or abrubtly going off psych med you are not going to feel normal in a 24-48 period, but weeks even months to get it out of your system... blaze22 P.S. There is always a first time for anything, and some unlucky ones but you should be o.k. re-ck with your ob/gyn... hope this was helpful
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