Not Sure If I Am Pregnant Posted: 11-06-05 01:36am
I have been having unprotected sex with my
boyfriend, mainly because I am allergic to
latex, and I dont like the other condoms.
My doctor has tried me on all sorts of
birth control, but they all made me so
sick, he will not put me on birth control,
I am very sensitive when it comes to
medicine and thats the reason I cant take
it. Anyway, we did have sex like a
day or so ago when I was ovulating and a
tiny bit of the sperm did get inside of
me. I just wasnt sure how long I need
to wait to get a positive test because my
period is not on a strict schedule? I
also was wondering how easy it is to get
pregnant? And how easy it is for sperm
to get you pregnant when there is just a
little bit and it don't get that far up in
there? Anybody got any advice please
let me know, I would greatly appreciate
it!!!
Thanks kezia g.
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string_of_pearls
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 7 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted: 11-07-05 15:08pm
It takes about 7-10 days after ovulation
for implantation to occur (if conception
happened). So there is no way you could
tell if you are pregnant before that time.
It takes another few days for the
hormone to start being produced and to
build up enough for a pregnancy test to
detect it. So the earliest you can test
is around 2 weeks after ovulation. This
is why pregnancy tests are supposed to be
used no sooner than around the time your
period is due. If you don't know when
it's due (since you don't have a schedule
as you said), then I would just test 2-3
weeks after you had sex. Also, it is
hard to know when you are ovulating,
especially with irregular cycles.
I don't want to be judgemental, and please
don't feel like you have to justify
anything to me, because it's none of my
business, but it sounds to me like you are
making excuses to yourself about the
reason you
are not using protection. Maybe you're
not being honest with yourself. If you
want to get pregnant, then that is fine,
there's no need to defend why you aren't
using birth control. Just admit to
yourself that you want to be pregnant, and
stop making excuses.
If you don't want to be pregnant, and
condoms and pills aren't an option for
you, which is fine too, then you should
look at other options. Diaphragms,
sponges, spermicides, etc can all be used.
If you are serious about not wanting to
be pregnant, then you should find a
reliable method. You need to decide for
yourself what is more important to you;
preventing pregnancy even if it means you
have to use something you "don't like", or
accepting the risks. Only you can
decide. Just be honest with yourself.
As for how easy it is to get pregnant, it
depends on lots of things. On average,
you have a 20% chance of getting pregnant
each cycle, and lots of things have to
happen for tha to occur. It depends on
timing, you and your partner's
health/fertility, etc.
Good luck, whatever happens!
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Kristina86
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 69 Location: Houston, Tx
