A 43-year-old member asked:
do you ovulate after finishing birth control?
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Dr. Jay Nemiro answered
45 years experience Fertility Medicine
Generally not: If the birth control pills are working properly, you should not be ovulating after you finish the pack and/or get your period. There is, of course, a small failure rate with bcp; and if you do not get your period, than you should do a pregnancy test and/or talk to your gyn.
Answered on Mar 26, 2013
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