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Q: Missed a birth control pill

asked by: taprootjld on February 17th, 2008

New User

I missed a birth control pill on Feb. 6th and had unprotected sex on Feb. 10th and he came in me. Could I possibly be pregnant?

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Carifairy

replied on February 17th, 2008

Extremely eHealthy

If you only MISS ONE PILL you are 'ok'.

By missing one pill you are no longer at 99% protection though, it goes down to 'typical use', which is 95-97% effective.

PERFECT use is 99% effective.

taprootjld

replied on February 18th, 2008

New User

Ok thank you so much Carifairy!! I could try to stop worrying now!! I will be going to the doctor to get a pregnancy test soon though. Just to make sure.

taprootjld

replied on February 18th, 2008

New User

Now I'm kinda worryied again because my friend
has two kids and she became pregnant with both
of them by only missing ONE pill!!!

Carifairy

replied on February 18th, 2008

Extremely eHealthy

Nothing is 100%.. Even taking the pill PERFECTLY is not 100%.

That is why you need a back-up plan in place, just in case!!

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