Birth control and sex dilemma

Okay so lately I've been thinking about having sex with my boyfriend for the 1st time (ever for both of us) and I'm not on the pill yet. Right now I'm supposed to get my period in a couple days so I know I'm not ovulating but I always wanted to wait until I was on the pill to have sex. My periods have been super irregular and awful the past 6 months so I talked to my parents about going on the pill and I have a doctors appointment in April but if he doesn't put me on the pill then what should I do? I want to be safe so my original plan was to do the pill and condoms but if the pill doesn't happen will I still be okay with the just the condoms?