A 39-year-old member asked:
when do you ovulate if you are on birth control?
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Dr. Travis McCoy answered
22 years experience Fertility Medicine
You probably dont: The primary method for a birth control pill is to keep you from ovulating. More than 90% of those on a pill will not ovulate.
Answered on Jun 9, 2015
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Dr. James Ferguson answered
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Depends on the BC: If you have a hormonal IUD, implant or take the pill properly you don't. If you have a copper IUD, use condoms or miss enough doses of the pill you li ... Read More
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Dr. Gerard Honore answered
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Yes, but: If used properly it'll only be around 2% of the time.
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Birth control: The whole idea of birth control is to prevent ovulation. If you skip some days then certainly you can ovulate.
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