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can you get pregnant while on birth control

If you are taking birth control and you are at the end of the pack (taking the iron pills) , and havent started your period yet, and have sex 3 days into the iron pills, can you get pregnant?
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Thank you so much for your answers
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1400141 tn?1284986069
You can get pregnant at any time while on birth control pills. it does not matter what day it is or if you're on the regular pills or placebo. birth control pills are not 100% and LOTS of women get pregnant while on them even though they take them correctly. if you are having symptoms take a home pregnancy test asap so if you are pregnant, you will know to stop taking the pills.
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1468453 tn?1303495615
Depends.
If you've just started them then I would be sure to add condoms to be safe. But if you've been on the pill 3 months or longer and your 21 days of pills have stopped and you are on the white placebos, you'll be ok. (so long as you didn't miss any of the 21 pills)
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