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Is it possible to be pregnant if you are on the depo-provera birth control shot?

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Dr. Gerard Honore answered

Specializes in Fertility Medicine

Yes but rare: Failure rate for dmpa is about 1 out of 200 chances.

Answered 5/1/2013

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