Okay, that helps a ton. So if someone did ovulate toward the end of their pill cycle and did not get pregnant because of the other two protective measures of the pill, they would still get a late withdrawal bleed, right? Because the number of sufficient days between ovulation and a period would need...

Yup that makes perfect sense! I was just wondering because if someone ovulated toward the end of an active pill pack the age of pregnancy probably wouldn't be old enough yet at the time of a missed withdrawal bleed. So in that case taking a test would most probably give a false negative, right? But ...

Dear Scarleteen, As I understand it, if you take the pill perfectly you will not get pregnant, and you will not ovulate. In the off chance that breakthrough ovulation did occur would it occur mid-cycle? Or could it occur a few days before your expected withdrawal bleed? I ask this because of the acc...