[laswell89]

Sometimes I'll skip the last week of my birth control, the placebo pills with no hormones in them, the ones that cause your period. If I skip this last week and go straight to the next pack with the first week of hormones, like I sometimes do, am I still fully protected from pregnancy during sex? Currently my boyfriend and I use condoms anyways because I'm honestly not sure if I'm still protected when I don't take them the way I'm instructed to. Does anyone know?

Thanks!

[mom30]

You are still protected. On my doctor's instructions, I've been skipping the placebos in my birth control pills every month for a year.

[kim1985]

yeah your protected. i dont know if i would go straight to another pack though without having a period. i would talk to your doctor