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Q: Birth Control Pills And Condoms....
asked by: sunkist0821 on June 12th, 2007
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I have been on ortho try-cyclen lo for about 9 or ten months now. I am in a commited relationship and my boyfriend has been tested for every std and is clean and so am i. I take my pills everynight at the same time. The latest I have been is about 20 minutes.And thats at the very latest.My boyfriend uses a condom everytime that we have sex. And he pulls out before he comes, even with the condom on. He has never come in me, even with a condom. We never have sex without a condom and he pulls out even with the condom on. I believe that we are being as safe as possible, I know that no method is 100% effective but we both feel that we are being as safe. However, I still worry myself over being pregnant. I normally start my period on the wednesday afternoon during the week of my placebo pills. Last month it wasnt till thursday morning.Does stress have that much of an impact on when you start?What are the chances of becoming pregnant if I use the pills consitenley and condoms and pulling out
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Llewellyn
replied on June 12th, 2007
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Like you said, no method is 100% effective. However, it sounds like you should not be worrying a whole about pregnancy. The pill alone is about 99% effective. Condoms alone are about 97%. The pull out method alone is about about 70% effective. When you put them all together, you don't have much to worry about.
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Georgia59
replied on June 13th, 2007
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I would definitely not worry about being pregnant, you sound like there is no way that could happen!! Stress can have a huge impact on your period, and so can many other things. Periods are strange things and never really behave the same.
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LoveOperated
replied on June 14th, 2007
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hunny, think of all the people you have unprotected sex a lot and they are on the pill. They don't get pregnate. So neither will you! Sometimes I get really stressed out worrying if I'm pregnate or not and it causes my period to be delayed even more! Relax, take a pregnancy test if it makes you feel any better :]
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Anne123
replied on June 14th, 2007
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Having sex when taking birth control is not unprotected sex, unless you are talking about sti's. Since we are not discussing sti's and we are discussing preventing pregnancy, having sex on the pill with nothing else is protected!

The pill alone is 99% effective in preventing pregnancy. That means the pill, alone, with the man ejaculating inside the woman's vagina. The pill .I.S protection enough for preventing pregnancy! Relax! That's why you're on it!

If you still want to use condoms to prevent the spread of sti's - great, you should, but you can both relax and don't need to have him pull out in addition to the double protection you already have!

I'm verging on ranting now, so I'll stop. It just really irks me when people referring to preventing pregnancy call it "unprotected sex" when a person is on the pill! Argh!
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Razzy86
replied on June 16th, 2007
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I had the same thing happen to me! Well now it's just my period comes either thursday or friday, and my doc said that it was ok as long as it starts on the placebo pills (and it does).
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Jaydensmommy
replied on June 18th, 2007
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Yea your being overly cautious...haha I mean good for you. But don't stress yourselves over it and keep using all 3 methods. You'd be good with the bc pills and a condom.
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