Great! That's such a relief. As far as timing, I have heard a lot of different sources say different things. Is it a three hour window that I should follow? I apologize for all of these questions. I sadly never had this explained to me when I started it, only to start the Sunday after my period, so ...

Wow! Thank you so much, Heather, for your fast reply! You guys are a great resource. Just out of curiosity, when does birth control start being effective (especially since I had a weird first month on it and am now on my second month)?

Hello, I recently started taking oral contraceptives last month, so I am currently 2 weeks into my second 28 day combined pill pack. Last month, I had some weird side effects with my pill like a 2 week bleed, so I was worried about the effectiveness of my birth control pill. I called the pharmacy, a...