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Can Forgetting Birth Control Pills For 3 Days And Having Sex Cause Pregnancy?

I have a question. Suppose you're taking birth control and 9 days before your due period you forget to take a pill for 3 days. You take those pills as instructed, but you have unprotected sexual intercourse 3 days before your due period. Is it possible to get pregnant even though you're not ovulating? Or will stopping pill use before you're supposed to get your period going to make you ovulate?
                                                                 
Wed, 24 May 2017
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Thanks for sharing your health concern with us. I have gone through your query and here are some suggestions. 1. Missing three pills in a row makes the cycle unsafe. Additional protection is needed. 2. Pregnancy is not possible without ovulation. An intercourse just before the onset of the period is not likely to cause conception because even if you ovulated in the cycle, you were likely to be in the safe period. 3. Ovulation with abrupt stoppage of the pill is unpredictable. Hope you find this information useful. Take care.
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Can Forgetting Birth Control Pills For 3 Days And Having Sex Cause Pregnancy?

Hello, Thanks for sharing your health concern with us. I have gone through your query and here are some suggestions. 1. Missing three pills in a row makes the cycle unsafe. Additional protection is needed. 2. Pregnancy is not possible without ovulation. An intercourse just before the onset of the period is not likely to cause conception because even if you ovulated in the cycle, you were likely to be in the safe period. 3. Ovulation with abrupt stoppage of the pill is unpredictable. Hope you find this information useful. Take care.