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A member asked:

When you start a new pack of birthcontrol , do you have to wait 7 days all over again? starting my third month

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No: Just take every pill in the pack, including the last 7, and when you finish one pack, start the next one the next day.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 1/19/2014

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