Question About Effectiveness In Situation Posted: 03-12-07 22:10pm
I had sex with my boyfriend. I'm in the
second week of my pack. I took all my
pills on time, including that night.
However, the day after we had sex, I went
away and I forgot to bring my pills with
me. I know that sperm can live inside of
a women for up to 7 days normally, but is
this still true when on birth control? If
he came inside of me and I took my pills
normally until then, but then I don't take
them for a week while on vacation but
during that time I dont have any sex and
afterwards when I start taking pills again
I use other protection for the next 7
days, is there still a way that I could
get pregnant during those days I dont have
sex but dont take the pills either?
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Tylanas
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Re: Question About Effectiveness In Situation Posted: 03-12-07 22:32pm
whoknowswhoitis
wrote:
I had sex with my boyfriend.
I'm in the second week of my pack. I
took all my pills on time, including that
night. However, the day after we had sex,
I went away and I forgot to bring my pills
with me. I know that sperm can live
inside of a women for up to 7 days
normally, but is this still true when on
birth control? If he came inside of me
and I took my pills normally until then,
but then I don't take them for a week
while on vacation but during that time I
dont have any sex and afterwards when I
start taking pills again I use other
protection for the next 7 days, is there
still a way that I could get pregnant
during those days I dont have sex but dont
take the pills
either?
I don't know. Supposedly you ovulate
within 3 days of going off of birth
control but of course that makes
absolutely no sense since you're protected
on the placebo week.
I'd suggest taking a pregnancy test after
your next period...
I assume the week has passed, where you
didn't take any pills? I would have gone
to a pharmacy and asked for pills; many
local planned parenthoods will give pills
to women at risk.
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cln1812
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 523 Location: La Porte, TX
Posted: 03-13-07 16:29pm
I doubt that the chances are high for
pregnancy.
While it is true you can ovulate after
missing 2-3 pills, the odds are not in
favor of it, and most likely you will
ovulate after missing 14 pills if not
more. I didn't get my first period until
35 days off the pill, and I didn't ovulate
until day 27 of that cycle (short luteal
phase).
While it is true sperm can survive in the
woman up to 7 days, most likely it is 5
days and most practically 3 days. This is
only given that the woman has sufficient
cervical mucus to support sperm survival
(this tends to be cervical mucus
resembling uncooked eggwhites). Being on
the pill tends to dry up cervical
discharge, at least it did for me and any
discharge I had was white/creamy and not
the eggwhite type while on the pill, so I
don't think it too likely that the sperm
could have survived if you did even
ovulate.
The only way to know for sure is to take a
pregnancy test if your next period is
late. Good luck!
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