sunday start or day of start?

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-28-2003
sunday start or day of start?
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Sat, 03-13-2004 - 6:41pm
ok this might already be posted on this site, but i was wondering what the difference is between starting your birth control on sunday or on the day your period starts? i used to be a sunday starter until i went off of it for a few months. i've heard that if you start on sunday you need to use a backup method of birth control the first week of pills. is this just for the first month you're on the pills or is it every month you start a new pack? because i'd rather not have that risk every first week. let me know what you girls do and think. thanks!!
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-25-2003
Sat, 03-13-2004 - 7:37pm

Hi there,


If you are a Sunday start, then you will have to use backup for the first week like you said - but that's only for the first pill pack.

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