Okay, at risk of making myself sound horrible, i'm going to divulge this. I got on the shot at the age of 17 and was on it until shortly after I turned 19. During that time, I had a steady boyfriend and we never used a condom, I would bleed during the last few days at the end of each shot, and I never got pregnant. After I got off the shot I started my period 7 months later, and got pregnant two months after I started. After I had my daughter I got back on the shot and have been on it since, so that's nearly four years and I have never gotten pregnant. I still spot every now and then, and usually when my shot is due. There was a short time where I was off the shot in the last four years, I didn't get pregnant at that time either (no I didn't use any other type of protection).