1 There are several risk factors associated with an increased risk for shaken baby syndrome. 2  Multiple behavioral symptoms and physical signs enable physicians to establish the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.
Your health care provider will explain how to use your pill pack. You will be told to start taking the birth control pill on a Sunday, on the first day of your menstrual period, or the day you are seen by your health care provider. You should take one pill each day, at the same time of day until you finish the pack.
Now, as for your question about when to start taking oral contraceptives, there's really no hard-and-fast rule about when to start taking birth control pills. Starting in the first few days of your cycle is the surest way to prevent inadvertently taking pills while you are pregnant.