Can I get pregnant if I skip the placebo pills in my birthcontrol?

Question

I recently skipped the placebo pills in my birth control in order to change when I got my period so that it would not happen on my upcoming honeymoon. I am concerned, though, that when I go on my placebos after taking 6 weeks straight of my birth-control that I will get pregnant because I "spotted" during the last 3 weeks of my birthcontrol.

Any information is greatly appreciated, thank you.

I'm on ortho tri-cyclen lo

Answer 1

not as long as you take the active ones...heres a secret if you only take the active ones..like skip placebo and go straight to next pack you will not ever have a period..if you do it will be like nothin..placebos...just sugar pill offers no protection

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Maybe... As you know, the "placebo" pills in most packets of birth control pills are pretty much just place holders. These are set in as fillers to keep you in the habit of taking your pills on days that the drug manufacturer has determined that you don't need the regular hormone levels. However, if you skip these pills and end up restarting the regular pills by just a day or two either way you could disrupt the regulation of hormone levels in your body significantly...possibly leaving you open to pregnancy. However, given what you have said, I think this unlikely. You should consider getting a 2 pack of home pregnancy test kits, do one now and see if it is positive. If it is negative, wait about two weeks and use the second one (a urine pregnancy test can take 14-21 days after conception to come back positive). If they are both negative you probably aren't pregnant. Remember that the birth control pills finely regulate the hormone levels within your body. This maybe way you were spotting after adjusting them. Also, remember that anytime you alter your patterns of taking them (such as skipping a dose) you should consider using an alternative method of birth control for about a month. Good luck.

Answer 4

If you skip the placebo pills it just changes when you get your period, not if you get pregnant. It just keeps you from having your period. They have a new pill out there. You take pills straight through for 3 months and take a week of the placebo pills and then go back to the straight through pills for 3 months, thus only having a period every 3 months.

Answer 5

The placebo tablets are just to keep you in the habit of taking a pill every day. The pills should be effective whether you take the placebos or not.

However, changing the active pill taking regimen may have an effect on the protection from pregnancy.

Answer 6

Skipping Sugar Pills

Answer 7

no you don't get pregnant from missing you placebo's...remember they make 21 packs & 28 packs..the 28 with the placebo for people who need to continually take the pills or they will forget when to start up again...(at least that was to reason my doctor told me when I was to chose which pack I wanted)
I take a 21 pack & when I went on my honeymoon i did the same thing I finished my 1set of 21 & continued so that I didn't get my pireod...when I finanlly went back to normal my period took 2 months to get "normal" So the spotting is nothing bad.
I would suggested seeing a doctor if it contiues... I only went 42 days straight on the pill & it sounds like you went a lot longer so you may have some side effect but I don't believe pregnacy is one of them.

Answer 8

No, you will not get pregnant. I did that too a few times. Actually, I think some contraception pills say that in the instructions they come with.

You spotted in the last 3 weeks because you put to much strain on your uterus and you didn't allow it to go full cycle. Contraception pills, some of them, prevent the egg from forming, but the uterus still goes through all the phases of preparing itself for pregnancy. When a woman gets her period the small placenta that was formed in the uterus in expectation of pregnancy is eliminated and makes room for a new one. Because you didn't allow that to happen, you get the spotting. But that has nothing to do with the formation of the egg and getting pregnant, which is what the pill controls.

So, you won't get pregnant but don't do that too many times in a row. It can have adverse effects.

Answer 9

I think you should be fine. My doctor told me that the placebo pills were only an iron supplement for when you get your period.
You probably spotted from starting a different schedule with your pill and that's normal. WHich birth control are you on by the way?

Answer 10

pla·ce·bo (pl-sb)
n. pl. pla·ce·bos or pla·ce·boes

A substance containing no medication and prescribed or given to reinforce a patent's expectation to get well.
An inactive substance or preparation used as a control in an experiment or test to determine the effectiveness of a medicinal drug.

Placebos are given with Birth control only to keep you taking "A Pill".. they are nothingness its just to keep you on some sort of structured cycle.. some people would forget to start back up if they just gave you three weeks worth and likely sue doctors and birth control manufacturers etc etc.. Whats really messed up is that some insurance companies don't cover birth control..