Questions about the Pill?

Question:

When you take the pill, you are told that (in my case) you must start on the first day of your period (to make sure you are not pregnant), then take it for 28 days and stop for 7 before starting the cycle again.
If you stop for 12 days, for example, and only then start the next cycle, dop you run the risk of getting pregnant? Why 7 and not 10, or 12. And why can you get pregnant if you forget for 2 days and not when you stop for a week? What's the difference?
If someone could explain this to me as clearly as possible, I'd be very grateful! Thanks

Answers:
Ok, first when I started my pills, I was not told to start on the first day of my period, I was told to start on the first Sunday after my period started. That way I would always start a new pack on Sunday. The only exception is if you start your period on Sunday, then you start your pills on Sunday.

Then you are supposed to take the "live" pills (the ones that are actually filled with hormones) for 21 days (3 weeks). Then you take the placebo pills, or blank pills, for 7 days after that. This is so your hormone levels change and allow your body to have a period. It flushes everything out so you can start a new cycle.

Your entire cycle - the 3 weeks of hormone pills and 1 week of period pills - equals 28 days, which is the average length of a woman's cycle. If you go for more than 7 days on blank pills, or if you are like me and you just throw them away and take nothing for those 7 period days, then you run the risk of your body being off of those hormones for too long and you can get pregnant. Your body will ovulate approximately 14 days after your period starts. You have to start taking your pills again on time so that you can prevent the egg from entering the uterus and possibly getting fertilized and you becoming pregnant.

If you forget your pill for 2 days earlier in your pill pack, like during the first 2 weeks, you probably will not get pregnant. You would just need to take two pills a day for two days so you can catch back up and be on track. If you forget 2 pills near the end of your pill pack, during week 3, then your period will probably start early and you just throw away the rest of the pack and start a new pack on the day that you would normally start taking them (like Sunday in my case).

Hope that helped. Feel free to email me if you want.

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