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hun1 asked in Pregnancy & ParentingPregnancy · 1 decade ago

can u get pregnant while taking birth control pills?

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Yes-- It is highly unlikely, but still possible. For example, did you know that if a man wears a condom during sex, his partner still has a 2-4% chance of getting pregnant? So the best way to avoid getting pregnant is to be on the pill and use protection, and do whatever other methods there are to minimize the chances.

  • 1 decade ago

    Even if you take them properly and never miss a single one, you can get pregnant. It is unlikely, but I know someone who had 3 kids before she was 19, and was on a different kind of birth control every single time.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, this is very possible. Nothing is fool proof. I know someone who missed just one, cause' she and her boyfriend were out of town, and it was Memorial day, and the stores were closed! Bingo, just like that.

    I think I've heard you're chances are higher then, because of the hormones that are in the pill.

    Condoms and a barrier method might help. Not sure about the the barrier method, but anything with nonoxenol 9 explodes condoms!

  • morein
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    definite, its very a threat. however the 1st couple months, you will experience ill. Its basically the pill kicking in, greater than a number of ladies have made the blunders of thinking they have been pregnant. yet its prob a threat. It takes a minimum of three months until eventually now the pill relatively works. so as meaning you need to be prengant. yet ya, bypass to the docs, take a attempt. sturdy success & maximum suitable needs!

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  • Lilly
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Not if you take them every day at the same time and don't miss any. I took them for 6.5 years and never got pregnant, I quit them to get pregnant and a month later I was pregnant.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes you can. They are not a 100% protective from pregnancy. If you don't take them the way that you should then you will get pregnant.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, there is a slight chance that you can get pregnant. The risk of getting pregnant will be higher if you don't take them correctly as well.

    Source(s): I work in a pharmacy.
  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, there is a 1% chance that you can get pregnant, so be careful

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes if not taking the right way

  • bugz
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    If you miss pills even once- yes- if your not regular(taking your pills at different times- yes

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