Questions Regarding Effectiveness of Birth Control Posted: 02-07-07 23:16pm
I did something somewhat stupid
tonight...I am not sure if I should be
worried or not. I'm always an extremely
paranoid person.. :s but anyways, I was
on the pill (cyclen) for about a year and
a half, and I had to go off of it late
last month due to the fact that I had no
way of getting to the clinic I normally go
to, and it just didn't seem like a very
big issue at the time, as me and my
boyfriend did indeed have sex, but not on
a regular basis. Once every couple of
weeks maybe. But anyways after being off
the pill for roughly two weeks, I finally
made my way down to the clinic this week
to get more pills, since my body felt
strangely different after going off, and I
didn't like it so much. Let's just say I
felt more comfortable being on the pill.
So my doctor told me to start my pills
immediately, the day I got them. Which I
did. I started them yesterday at 10pm.
So today, before taking my second pill me
and my boyfriend had sex, and before I had
the chance to tell him to pull out, it was
too late. Can anyone tell me if I should
be worried about this or not? Because
i've heard that it can take up to 3 months
after going off the pill before a person
can start ovulating again......I'm just
not sure. I'm a little bit worried about
this.
A baby is sort of the last thing I need,
as my grad is approaching in a few months.
I have too much of a heart to be able to
get rid of it, if say I was infact
pregnant.
I'm just a bit concerned. I guess I
should have been more careful, and I feel
really dumb now after thinking about this.
Thanks for your replies
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Carifairy
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Posted: 02-07-07 23:28pm
You need to take the morning after pill,
and then still continue with your bc pills
as usual.
You must be on the pill for 7 full days
for effectiveness to begin.
Your protection is compromised.
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Llewellyn
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Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1743 Location: NY
Posted: 02-08-07 13:56pm
As cari said, you really compromised your
protection.
The pull out method is not in any way a
reliable form of birth control due to the
sperm in pre-ejaculate.
How often you have sex does not matter
matter. It only takes one time to get
pregnant. So the fact that you were only
have sex every couple of weeks does not
mean much.
It might take some women three months to
ovulate, but it only takes others as
little as 12 hours. Everyone is
different. Your chance of getting
pregnant starts to increase after being
just twelve hours late with your pill.
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x0x-Andrea
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 63 Location: Vancouver
Posted: 02-11-07 22:03pm
Ok....
I have been feeling really weird lately.
Like i've been waking up in the middle of
the night sick to my stomach. I've been
dizzy and super sensitive to smell, and I
know this is not all in my head either, I
have never felt like this before.
Something is wrong. I am especially tired
all the time, no matter how many hours of
sleep I get.
My doctor told me that all of these
symptoms could be possible side effects of
going back on the pill.....But never ever
ever before have I had any sort of side
effects from birth control pills.
Or.....It could be something I am hoping
to god it is not.
How long can it take before someone starts
experiencing symptoms of pregnancy? (how
long after conception)
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Llewellyn
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Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1743 Location: NY
Posted: 02-11-07 22:35pm
Some women never really have symptoms,
other women have them as early as about
two weeks after conception.
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x0x-Andrea
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 63 Location: Vancouver
Posted: 02-12-07 01:58am
Well then that's good to know. I guess I
just have the flu right now or
something...
And if I am pregnant, then so be it. My
stupid mistake, I will have to take
responsibility for my actions. I will be
a good, loving mother. I know my
boyfriend will leave, and so be it. I'm
not going to abandon my child.
Of course it is not a good time, it will
change the rest of my life in so many
ways....It's inconvienient etc. But it
would have been my fault for being stupid.
I'm sure I would be frowned upon by my
parents, friends, everyone. But what can
I do? I made the mistake, the least I can
do is be responsible about it.
Life has its ups and downs I guess. And I
should have thought before I did what I
did.
I have already mentioned to my boyfriend
the possibility of me being pregnant. And
since he thinks he knows everything he
tried telling me I have a 0.01% chance. I
know he is only saying this because he
knows if we were to have a child, it would
screw us both over.
I will take responsibility for my actions,
the least he can do is the same.
