When to start birth control?

Question:

i need to know if i can start my birth control pack on this upcomming sunday. i'm on my period now, and it started early sunday morning. i know you can start on the first day of your period or the sunday after it starts, but i didn't have my pack then, so i couldn't start it within 24 hours of the beginning of my period. can i start today, or is it too late? my period started around 4 in the morning on sunday (that's when i woke up from cramps). or can i start on the comming sunday? or do i just have to wait until next month? i would like replys from women who have been on the pill for a while, because this is my first time using and i want some "expert" advice.

Answers:
You can start today if you want. Just take the very first pill in the pack and continue through, taking all of them, don't skip any active pills like the first answer suggests. If you'd like to be a Sunday starter, start your second pack of pills early, meaning only take 5 days of the reminder pills, then go on to the next pack and start the active pills again.

Yes, you can start today, that's perfectly fine. Just start with the pill marked with the right day after the one you would have taken on Sunday and continue taking them once a day until you have taken the last of the sugar pills and then start a new pack.
You can keep the spare pills for another time if you have a short delay in filling your prescription.

I've been on about 6 different pills over the past 10 years.

You can take it at any time, but if you do not start on the first day of your period OR the first Sunday after your period starts, it is not immediately 100% effective. If you start now, you will need a backup method such as condoms if you have sex within the next 7-10 days (I'd say 10 to be on the safe side, unless the information that came with your pills gives you a specific amount of time other than this, or you can find it on their website).

When to start birth control?

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