You mentioned that you're taking oral contraceptives, and over the course of the last month, you've missed a pill, or possibly even more, and you're wondering if pregnancy is a possibility. And overall, oral contraceptives are a good form of contraception. Pregnancy rates are about 0.1%, but that's if it's taken perfectly - no days are missed, and it's taken at the same time every day. Oral contraceptives work by giving your body a hormone that suppresses ovulation, or in other words, prevents your body form releasing an egg that can be fertilized by sperm. So if you miss a pill at just the right time (or I guess you could say at just the wrong time) of the month, then that means that you might ovulate, and pregnancy is a possibility. Failure rates for oral contraceptives are high when women are taking them irregularly, or not taking them at the same time each day.

So my recommendation to you is to wait until your next period should start, and if it never does, then take a home pregnancy test. And if that first test result is negative and you still haven't started your period for another week, then take another test. If that one is negative, and it's been about 5 to 6 weeks since your last period, then the chances of pregnancy are very very low. And in the future, if you're wanting to prevent pregnancy, be sure to take your pill everyday around the same time, and if you do that, then it should prevent pregnancy. If you have any other questions for me in the future, feel free to ask them on our Facebook page at [ Ссылка ], and recommend us to your friends and family too.

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