 [ Symptoms ] is i safe to continue my birth control if i think i may be pregnant  i do not know how to say this without sounding stupid but i am 19 days late having my period i am on bc pills the purple pack with the long name but i missed 2 or 3 pills this month i followed the directions what to do if you miss a pill perfectly i had sex 2 days after the missed pill and did not think anything of it until i was on my reminder pills i barely had spotting for 1 day and totally missed my period is it safe to continue my birth control pills if i may be pregnant [ Disease ] i have mixed feelings about saccharin it is probably entirely benign  still it does not occur in nature and that definitely counts against it in my book plus i do not like the taste personally compared to aspartame or sucralose i am not aware of any evidence to suggest any one artificial sweetener is better or worse than the others from a health standpoint i have been making excellent progress with stevia as a substitute for sugar and artificial sweeteners at home i sometimes use it to add sweetness to healthy foods to make them more palatable for example i added a little bit of sweetness to a cabbage and lentil dish recently with my stevia drops