 [ Symptoms ] diabetic man had leg injury antibiotics not working [ Disease ] yes you can still get pregnant if you take oral contraception while birth control pills are an effective method for preventing pregnancy it is very dependent on routine use if taken exactly as directed the failure rates are extremely low and they are 99 effective at preventing pregnancy in reality women need to take the pill daily and at nearly the same time of day in order for this method to result in these percentages more and more studies have shown higher pregnancy rates with oral contraception one recent study quoted numbers as high as 20 times greater risk of unplanned pregnancy than other forms of birth control even when taken correctly oral contraceptives can have a 5 failure rate and women are known to miss a pill now and then i believe you still can if ur not taking back up i believe you can if you are not taking your birth control pills as directed