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Could you tell me what happens if you don't start birth control at the right time?

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Dr. Marsha Davis answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Depends: At the worstit will mess up the timing of your period and you might have bleeding at a time when you do not expecte it then again it might happen. It will not harm you.

Answered 9/28/2016

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