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What happens to your body when you forget to take your birth control?
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Hard to predict: The pill works by providing a steady hormone level in your blood that tricks your body into thinking you are pregnant, so you don't release eggs,saving them for later. If you skip pills, the steady hormone level may drop enough for you to release and egg, making you at risk of pregnancy unless you use backup BC for the rest of the cycle.
Answered 10/22/2016
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