Ask your doctor when you should start your HC. You must wait until your period begins to start taking the Pill. If you still have your period on the day that you have been told to start your pill pack, go ahead and start the pill pack. You will get your next period about 25 days after starting the pill pack.

It's best to take the pills at the same time every day. Take the pill each day either before breakfast or at bedtime. healthren.com

Seasonale works similarly. You begin taking it the first Sunday after your period. If your period starts on a Sunday, start Seasonale that day. Then you take one of the active tablets a day for 84 consecutive days. This is followed with 7 days of placebo (inactive) pills.

You will start each new pill pack on the same day of the week that you initially started it. If you are on the 21-day pill pack, start the new pill pack seven days after you finished the old pill pack. If you are on the 28-day pill pack, begin the new pack after taking the last pill in the old pack.

Start your new pill pack as scheduled above, whether or not you get your period or are still having your period.

When taken as directed, HC is usually effective the first month you begin taking it. To be safe, some doctors recommend the use of another form of birth control, such as latex condoms (rubbers) and foam, during the first month. After the first month, you can just use HC for birth control.

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