Almost finished with my first two months of birth control, & wondern if i need to be worried about pregnancy?

Question

Ok, so i've been taking birth control (ortho-tri cyclen lo) and i have 5 "green pills" left of the 2nd month, well a couple weeks ago my boyfriend ejaculated inside me. Do I need to be worried about being pregnant? I've taken 2 of my green pills and not started my period yet. Am I just still regulating from my birth contol? Or should I take a pregnancy test?

Answer 1

I think you will be fine, but if you don't get period take a test just to be in the safe side. Your body can take months to fully adjust to birth control. So if you miss your period, take a test and it comes back negative I won't worry too much. If you miss your period again next month then start worrying. There is no direct information that using birth control while you are pregnant will result in birth defects. Maybe if you use it throughout your pregnancy, but one month shouldn't hurt.
Also remember to take the pills at the same time everyday. I only takes 1 hour to ovulate so if you took it at 10a.m. one day and then at 3p.m. the next there is a chance you could ovulate no matter where in the cycle of pills you are.

Answer 2

You should be fine. I take the same pills, and sometimes my period starts when I only have two pills left for the month. But mine are generic brand so mine are white. But because you have only been taking them for two months, it is possible that your cycle is still messed up. As long as you have been taken them every day around the same time, you have nothing to worry about. But, now that I'm reading your question again and I see he came in you a couple of weeks ago, does that mean you were still on the first month of your pills? Because if you were, then you could be pregnant. For the first month that you are taking birth control pills, you are supposed to use another method also. Take a test. That is the only way to know for sure.

Answer 3

It usually takes a month for the birth control pills to start working. Sometimes the Dr. put you on too low a dose though and it doesn't work. It could just be your body still regulating but to be safe I would buy a test because it could be harmful to the baby if you are pregnant.

Answer 4

Oral contraceptives have a failure rate in the neighborhood of 1%, meaning you have about that chance of getting pregnant each time you have sex. I have been on them for many years and I never start my period until the end of the 3rd day of the inactive pills. As long as you are taking them correctly (at about the same time every day) and are not skipping pills, you're very well protected and I don't think you need a pregnancy test... your period is likely on its way.

Answer 5

Your period should start once you start taking the inactive pills. If you took the pills the first month everyday and have been taking the other pills in this pack everyday like you should be doing you should not get pregnant.

Answer 6

I say test just to be sure. And think back over the last 2 months if you have been on an antibiotic for any reason. Because those make the b/c pills ineffective.

Answer 7

I would take a test. You need a month for them to work, and the "LO" dosage can take almost two months. I used those once and remember the message my OBGYN told me.

Answer 8

Take one just to be safe b/c if ur prego with b.c then that could make the baby deformed and have problems. but usually they work after the first month. so u should be fine but take a test just incase

Answer 9

You didn't do something right. If it's your period week, you should be on your white pills. The white pills are placebo pills.

If you still have "live" pills left, you are probally in trobule.