i just started taking birthcontrol and i forgot to ask how long it takes before it starts working?

Question

i heard it takes three months before it starts working for birth control is that true?

Answer 1

It depends on the type of contraceptive.
The ring is 2 weeks.
The shot is 24 hours.
The pill is immediately if you start taking it on the 1st day of your period or a week if you take it the first Sunday after your period starts.
The IUD is immediate.
The implant is 2 weeks.

Answer 2

You need to use alternate protection for a full month before you are safe from getting pregnant, use condoms etc, but after the month you are alright, just be sure not to skip any doses, and remember that birthcontrol medication is only 98% effective even if taken correctly. call your OB/GYN with any questions, you won't need an appointment or anything for answers, most of the people who answer the phones will know the answers.

Answer 3

wait at least 28 days (one cycle) to assure that it is working the way it should... The first month make sure to use another form of protection. In the first month you will be regulating your body's hormones and after that you should be fine. Make sure you take it around the same time everyday.

Answer 4

More like three weeks to a month. But you must take it the same time everyday for it to work. So pick a time and stick to it.

Answer 5

Usually, most manuals say "effective immediately" or "in a few weeks".

However, all the doctors i've every talked to, and that my friends have talked to, say wait a full month before you start having sex without another form of contraception.

Answer 6

I think it only takes a couple weeks...although if you really want to be on the safe side you'll ALWAYS use a condom even if you're on the pill, because the pill is only 99% effective, which means that if you're sexually ative you're probably going to get pregnant eventually anyway (especially over the course of a few years) but you reduce that risk by using both the pill and a condom.

Answer 7

you need to be on the pill for a full month to ensure complete protection against pregnancy. u should still be using condoms though as they protect against other nasties like pelvis inflammatory disease and chlamydia which can affect your fertility and other sexually transmitted diseases which can affect your health, like genital herpes (which u pretty much have forever if you unlcucky enough to catch). Preventing pregnancy is a good thing but practisiing safe sex always is better!

Answer 8

you're able to decide for out of which of the methods they reported you may desire to do. they're purely showing you which of them methods you're able to do it. while i became into on start administration i began out taking the pill the sunday that my era began.. in spite of if i became into nonetheless bleeding. To me it became into extra undemanding that way.