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Q: Increased Risk?

asked by: natu88 on November 9th, 2006

New User

K, I know i've been posting a lot in this forum, but I just want to make sure I won't make a mistake, because i'm new at this, so bear with me.

Okay, so my boyfriend and I had sex recently without protection for the first time. It's been 11 days since I started my new birth control, but I didn't take it with perfect use for two days within the first week. Does this dramatically increase the risk of pregnancy more than the usual 1-2% who get pregnant on birth control? I wanted to know, so I could go get the morning after pills to be safe.

Replies(3)

jenn_smithson

replied on November 9th, 2006

Active User, very eHealthy

Re: Increased Risk?

tsukaira wrote:

k, I know i've been posting a lot in this forum, but I just want to make sure I won't make a mistake, because i'm new at this, so bear with me.

Okay, so my boyfriend and I had sex recently without protection for the first time. It's been 11 days since I started my new birth control, but I didn't take it with perfect use for two days within the first week. Does this dramatically increase the risk of pregnancy more than the usual 1-2% who get pregnant on birth control? I wanted to know, so I could go get the morning after pills to be safe.

my suggestion would be to go and get emergency contraception (you referred to it as "morning after pills") for two reasons. First, I was told (but could be wrong) that it takes a full month of using the pills before they actually become effective. So, if you just started the new birth control and its only been 11 days, it may not be truly effective until you start the next cycle. Second, missing even one day can cause you to ovulate even when you just started using them.

If it were me, I would go ahead and get emergency contraception just to be on the safe side. Ec is most effective taken as soon as possible after unprotected sex so if it's been a couple of days, please get it as soon as possible.

natu88

replied on November 10th, 2006

New User

Re: Increased Risk?

jenn_smithson wrote:

tsukaira wrote:

it only takes 7 days, and I didn't miss any pills. I just took two of my pills a couple hours after I was supposed to.

Carifairy

replied on November 10th, 2006

Extremely eHealthy

As long as you did not miss any days, then you are okay.

You can be a few hours late taking the pill, only 'mini pills' require true perfection. You do have leeway.

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