1) Assuming it is a combined pill of the usual sort, yes. (If you are starting a POP/mini-pill, you would start immediately after your last combined pill, I believe. If you started Natazia, you would probably also "stack" it immediately, though IIRC my estimations, you could go about 4 days on no hormones before starting it, and probably maintain protection. Probably. Not a doctor. Making estimates. Safer to wait the 9 days, of course, that Natazia states.)
2) Probably about 3 months, minimum.
3) 3 months is considered the "settling-in" duration, and many side effects may go away after that. Only the person taking the pill can decide whether the side effects are something they can live with for 3 months! Some are serious enough that going another day would be unbearable. (Which is a good reason to use backup contraception for an entire month -- if there's one of those very rare, unbearable side effects, it would probably happen in the first month, and using backup contraception allows immediate cessation of the pill.)
I hope that helps, and that you get other viewpoints too!
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Date: 2012-07-02 05:24 pm (UTC)2) Probably about 3 months, minimum.
3) 3 months is considered the "settling-in" duration, and many side effects may go away after that. Only the person taking the pill can decide whether the side effects are something they can live with for 3 months! Some are serious enough that going another day would be unbearable. (Which is a good reason to use backup contraception for an entire month -- if there's one of those very rare, unbearable side effects, it would probably happen in the first month, and using backup contraception allows immediate cessation of the pill.)
I hope that helps, and that you get other viewpoints too!