Plan B: Risk of Pregnancy? Posted: 10-22-07 08:34am
Okay, Here is the situation. My sisters
birth control shot expired and she forgot.
Her and her husband had sex on the
Saturday the 13th two days after her
period ended. She knows now that women can
ovulate anytime, but she thinks she
ovulated on Tuesday the 16th (middle
pain). Unprotected sex 3 times on
Wednesday the17th, and once on Thursday
the 18th. Once she got to thinking about
it, she called her doctor that Friday, and
ended up taking Plan B first thing
Saturday morning which would have been a
few hours short of 72 hours later. When
she took it she had nausea and slight
dizziness, and never took the second
pill.
Since then she has had quite a bit of a
milky discharge, and it is not a yeast
infection. Her breasts are tender, we
assume from the hormones.....And she says
she feels like she swallowed a watermelon
due to abdominal pressure. Whatcha Think?
Just looking for experience with this type
situation.
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Marianne0558
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Posted: 10-22-07 09:13am
Plan B can be initiated up to 5 days (120)
hours after unprotected intercourse or
contraceptive failure.
Side effects:
* Nausea and vomiting – although the
risk for this is much lower with
progestin-only EC (versus combination EC).
Nausea occurs approximately 23% of the
time while vomiting happens in
approximately 6% of progestin-only EC
users.
* A woman may experience breast
tenderness due to EC
* Dizziness and/or headaches are also
common
* EC may change the amount, duration,
and/or timing of a female’s next period
about 10-15% of the time. This side effect
is typically minor, and menstruation will
usually occur a few days earlier or later
than anticipated.
* Frequent use of EC may cause periods
to become irregular and unpredictable.
* Emergency contraception, like other
contraceptives, may decrease the risk of
ectopic pregnancy. However, to be
cautious, a woman should inform her
healthcare provider that she had taken
emergency contraception should she become
pregnant following its use, so her doctor
can test for the existence of an ectopic
pregnancy.
Plan B is most effective the sooner it is
started. Studies have shown that a single
administration of two full doses of Plan B
EC is just as effective as taking 2 doses,
12 hours apart.
If started within 72 hours of unprotected
intercourse, Plan B reduces the risk of
pregnancy by 89%. Of every 100 women who
use this method, only 1 woman will become
pregnant.
Plan B EC will not continue to prevent
pregnancy during the rest of a woman’s
cycle, so additional contraceptive methods
should be used.
everything
that I've read says if she didn't take the
second dose, she needs another dose
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