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My girlfriend has been on the pill for 5 years or more since we've been dating (exclusively). There has been a handful (yes, I can count them on one hand) of times that she has forgotten to take the pill.
Only twice has she forgotten to tell me at all, and both times although we were very frightened of the prospect of becoming parents before we expected to, we still have yet to be parents.
The pill, in our case, has had nearly five nines uptime in effectiveness. Honestly, in my opinion, I would say something had to have happened in your case to have 3 kids because the pill "seemed to have failed" 3 times.
I will say though... that the very next time that my girlfriend and I have sex, and she tells me beforehand she forgot to use the pill, we use the condom for the rest of the month (she and I are committed and want to get married and have kids, so all of you who think this is a bad system to use, please refrain!) until her cycle starts again.
In our case, it has never failed. YMMV. Or so says the doctors, pill warnings, everyone in general. The ony way to stop? Quit bumping uglies. Seriously. =)
I know this thread is very old, but hey, sex hasn't changed since then and I figure someone might get some use out of it. =)
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