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If you miss the last day of your bcp and start your placebos and you period ends on saturday and take your pill sun and mon are you safe still?
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7 days off : if you are on a traditional pill that has 21 hormone pills and 7 placebos then understand that you can but be off the hormone pills for more than 7 days or there is risk that ovulation will resume. If this is the case then you should use condoms
Answered 1/31/2015
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