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Can women still get pregnant while taking birth control?

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Yes , You Can : Even with perfect use of contraceptives there will be a failure rate of 1% or so in most of the series but still better than other measures.

Answered 10/4/2016

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A member asked:

Can women still get pregnant while taking birth control?

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Dr. Addagada Rao answered

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