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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 Pill is very effective if you take it exactly as you are supposed to â one pill a day, taken at the same time each day. You should also use back-up contraception such as condoms if you have diarrhea or vomiting, or are taking a medication that could change the effectiveness of the birth control pill.Using condoms is always important to decrease your chances of getting a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Many types of birth control pills contain two hormones: estrogen and progestin (which is similar to preogesterone). 2  These are called combined birth control pills. 3  BCPs are also called âoral contraceptive pillsâ (OCPs), âhormone pills,â or âthe Pill.â.