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What will happen if i don't finish the lindynette 20 pack?

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Dr. Jeff Livingston answered

Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Period: If you stop taking your birth control you will trigger a menstrual cycle. If you have sex then you may get pregnant once you are off your birth control.

Answered 7/30/2013

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