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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.
âPerfect useâ requires a woman to take the pill every single day at the same time without skipping a dose or being late on starting a new pill pack. When taken perfectly, birth control pills are 99 percent effective in preventing pregnancy. However, most women donât take birth control pills in this manner.