Safe to have sex the first day you start your birth control?

Question

I stopped taking birth control for 3 months and just started taking it again today. Do I have to wait a few days to have sex or can I just have sex the first day I take it? Please help.

Answer

Use condoms for the first week or two.

Answer

You wait a week before you're fully protected

Answer

If you take it on the first day of your period, you're protected. If you just started it somewhere in your cycle, you need to use extra protection right away. A little pill won't have stayed in your system for three months and work straight away. You need to build it up again, like starting from scratch.

Answer

I was told to use other protection for a week.

Safe to have sex the first day you start your birth control?

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