K, I know i've been posting a lot in this
forum, but I just want to make sure I
won't make a mistake, because i'm new at
this, so bear with me.
Okay, so my boyfriend and I had sex
recently without protection for the first
time. It's been 11 days since I started
my new birth control, but I didn't take it
with perfect use for two days within the
first week. Does this dramatically
increase the risk of pregnancy more than
the usual 1-2% who get pregnant on birth
control? I wanted to know, so I could go
get the morning after pills to be safe.
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jenn_smithson
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Nov 2004 Posts: 808 Location: Texas
Re: Increased Risk? Posted: 11-09-06 21:09pm
tsukaira
wrote:
k, I know i've been posting
a lot in this forum, but I just want to
make sure I won't make a mistake, because
i'm new at this, so bear with me.
Okay, so my boyfriend and I had sex
recently without protection for the first
time. It's been 11 days since I started
my new birth control, but I didn't take it
with perfect use for two days within the
first week. Does this dramatically
increase the risk of pregnancy more than
the usual 1-2% who get pregnant on birth
control? I wanted to know, so I could
go get the morning after pills to be
safe.
my suggestion would be to
go and get emergency contraception (you
referred to it as "morning after pills")
for two reasons. First, I was told (but
could be wrong) that it takes a full month
of using the pills before they actually
become effective. So, if you just
started the new birth control and its only
been 11 days, it may not be truly
effective until you start the next cycle.
Second, missing even one day can cause
you to ovulate even when you just started
using them.
If it were me, I would go ahead and get
emergency contraception just to be on the
safe side. Ec is most effective taken as
soon as possible after unprotected sex so
if it's been a couple of days, please get
it as soon as possible.
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Tsukaira
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 26 Location: Arizona
Re: Increased Risk? Posted: 11-10-06 00:44am
jenn_smithson
wrote:
tsukaira
wrote:
k, I know i've been posting
a lot in this forum, but I just want to
make sure I won't make a mistake, because
i'm new at this, so bear with me.
Okay, so my boyfriend and I had sex
recently without protection for the first
time. It's been 11 days since I
started my new birth control, but I didn't
take it with perfect use for two days
within the first week. Does this
dramatically increase the risk of
pregnancy more than the usual 1-2% who get
pregnant on birth control? I wanted to
know, so I could go get the morning after
pills to be
safe.
my suggestion would be to
go and get emergency contraception (you
referred to it as "morning after pills")
for two reasons. First, I was told (but
could be wrong) that it takes a full month
of using the pills before they actually
become effective. So, if you just
started the new birth control and its only
been 11 days, it may not be truly
effective until you start the next cycle.
Second, missing even one day can cause
you to ovulate even when you just started
using them.
If it were me, I would go ahead and get
emergency contraception just to be on the
safe side. Ec is most effective taken
as soon as possible after unprotected sex
so if it's been a couple of days, please
get it as soon as
possible.
it only takes 7 days, and I didn't miss
any pills. I just took two of my pills a
couple hours after I was supposed to.
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Carifairy
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 2608 Location: Charlotte n.c.
Thanks: 12
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Posted: 11-10-06 02:21am
As long as you did not miss any days, then
you are okay.
You can be a few hours late taking the
pill, only 'mini pills' require true
perfection. You do have leeway.
