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I stopped taking the birth birth control shot for 3 months but i switched to the birth control pill i stopped it how likely am i to get pregnant?

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Possible: Depends on sex frequency, yours and your partner sexual health, timing of sex vs periods. Unpredictable.

Answered 10/4/2016

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