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1 Start your pills today. 2  If you start your pills today, you should use a backup method of birth control (condoms with spermicide) during the first 7 days of the pill package. 3  Birth control pills will start to protect you from pregnancy after the first week, if you take them correctly.
The birth control pill, often referred to as the pill, is a form of birth control used by women that is taken by mouth. When taken correctly, it is 98% effective. However, because many women do not take it correctly, on average about 9% of women have an unintended pregnancy each year while on the pill.