Apologies on my lack of information but I am under the impression that the pill (brand notwithstanding) is all about preventing ovulation in the first place and that your 5 days of placebo are not about the eggs so much as your fluxes. IOW, you don't produce mature eggs so while you still get a period, it's just flushing you out for your next cycle.
So, my guess is that there is a very low liklihood of you being anywhere near pregnant if up until the placebo section, you'd been taking it regularly.
Ask.com had this to say: The two hormones in the combined oral contraceptive pill, oestrogen and progestogen work on several levels to prevent pregnancy. Primarily, the Pill works by stopping ovulation (the release of an egg from the ovary). If an egg is not released then of course conception cannot take place. As a back-up, the Pill also makes the mucus released by the cervix thicker so the sperm cannot get through and thins the lining of the uterus so a fertilised egg has difficulty implanting. (FROM http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Do_you_ovulate_while_you%27re_on_birth_control_pills)
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So, my guess is that there is a very low liklihood of you being anywhere near pregnant if up until the placebo section, you'd been taking it regularly.
Ask.com had this to say:
The two hormones in the combined oral contraceptive pill, oestrogen and progestogen work on several levels to prevent pregnancy. Primarily, the Pill works by stopping ovulation (the release of an egg from the ovary). If an egg is not released then of course conception cannot take place. As a back-up, the Pill also makes the mucus released by the cervix thicker so the sperm cannot get through and thins the lining of the uterus so a fertilised egg has difficulty implanting. (FROM http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Do_you_ovulate_while_you%27re_on_birth_control_pills)