The week I went on vacation I was suppose to be on my period and I heard you can start your white pills to skip a period. Well I did and still had a period on the white pills?? Does my birth control pill still keep me protected for this month? A month or 2 ago I screwed up my pills maybe 2 or 3 times and had to start all over, the sunday I was suppose to take them I had no pills and had to wait till the next sunday to start. Does the pill still work even if you don't start the right week?