I missed one birth control pill

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Asked for Female, 22 Years

I missed one of my birth control pills on Sunday night, I took it when I realized on Monday morning. The first day of my period was Jan 1, I had unprotected sex on Jan 6. What should I do?

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Dr. Reena Kawatra General Physician 40 yrs exp Gurgaon · Accepted Answer

Dr. Reena Kawatra

General Physician 40 yrs exp Gurgaon

Don't worry u already took the pill next day ,and ideally u should have taken two pills the next day , however if u continued pills regularly after that there will not be any chance of pregnancy.

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