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==Packaging==

The Pill usually comes in two different packet sizes, and each packet usually has days marked off for a cycle lasting of 28 days. For the 21-pill packet, a woman takes a pill each day for 21 days, and waits for an additional seven days before starting the next packet. For the 28-pill packet, the woman similarly takes a pill each day. However, instead of only taking pills for 21 days of the month, she also takes the remaining seven placebo or [[Placebo|sugar pills]] included in the packet, and once she finishes the last placebo pill, she can immediately start the next packet on the following day. The purpose of the placebo pills is to ensure that the woman, out of habit, can take a pill on ''every day'' of her menstrual cycle, so that she does not have to calculate when exactly is the next date that she should start her next packet of pills. It is possible for a woman to skip menstruation and still remain protected against conception by skipping these pills in the cycle. The presence of these pills is still thought to be comforting for the woman as menstruation is a physical confirmation that she is still not pregnant.