the "morning After" Pill Questions.. Posted: 03-30-07 23:54pm
I was wondering how long its potency
lasts.
Let's say a woman has unprotected sex
numerous times and misses her period. And
go under the situation is that her
assumption is correct that she's pregnant.
If she takes the pill that day she misses
her period, does the pills till work?
If so, how long until after she misses her
period can she take the pill? I assume
there's a limit until it just won't work
or have less than a 90% chance of working.
Does anyone know?
Is it brand-based?
Any info at all would be really
appreciated.
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Tylanas
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Re: the "morning After" Pill Questions.. Posted: 03-31-07 00:33am
Oonukunoo
wrote:
I was wondering how long its
potency lasts.
Let's say a woman has unprotected sex
numerous times and misses her period. And
go under the situation is that her
assumption is correct that she's pregnant.
If she takes the pill that day she misses
her period, does the pills till work?
If so, how long until after she misses her
period can she take the pill? I assume
there's a limit until it just won't work
or have less than a 90% chance of working.
Does anyone know?
Is it brand-based?
Any info at all would be really
appreciated.
Unfortunately, the morning after pill only
works well within 3 days of the first
unprotected sex incident. From 3-5 days
there is a smaller chance it will work,
and after 5 days, it's useless.
So no, waiting until her missed period
means that the pill will be absolutely
ineffective. If she has missed her period,
this means that she is already pregnant.
The morning after pill does not end
an existing pregnancy, it only prevents
ovulation. If she has missed her period,
this means ovulation, fertilization, and
implantation has already happened.
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forever16
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Posted: 03-31-07 00:34am
The morning after pill is effective up to
72 hours after unprotected sex.
or at least thats what I've been told by
others.
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Re: the "morning After" Pill Questions.. Posted: 03-31-07 00:45am
Eiri
wrote:
Unfortunately, the morning after pill only
works well within 3 days of the first
unprotected sex incident. From 3-5 days
there is a smaller chance it will work,
and after 5 days, it's useless.
So no, waiting until her missed period
means that the pill will be absolutely
ineffective. If she has missed her period,
this means that she is already pregnant.
The morning after pill does not end
an existing pregnancy, it only prevents
ovulation. If she has missed her period,
this means ovulation, fertilization, and
implantation has already
happened.
I might have the termonology wrong. Is
there any sort of pill that I mentioned
that exists, however? That you take it
after you miss your period?
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Re: the "morning After" Pill Questions.. Posted: 03-31-07 02:27am
Oonukunoo
wrote:
Eiri
wrote:
Unfortunately, the morning after pill only
works well within 3 days of the first
unprotected sex incident. From 3-5 days
there is a smaller chance it will work,
and after 5 days, it's useless.
So no, waiting until her missed period
means that the pill will be absolutely
ineffective. If she has missed her period,
this means that she is already pregnant.
The morning after pill does not end
an existing pregnancy, it only prevents
ovulation. If she has missed her period,
this means ovulation, fertilization, and
implantation has already
happened.
I might have the termonology wrong. Is
there any sort of pill that I mentioned
that exists, however? That you take it
after you miss your
period?
No. There isn't.
The closest thing is the abortion pill
(ru486 or something like that) which I
don't believe is legal in the usa. This
pill induces an abortion, but I'm not
entirely sure if it is taken alone or with
another.
After that, there is the actual legal
process of a medical abortion which
involves two pills, not one.
Those are the only options, and both of
them are abortions, which means that
the embryo/fetus growing inside of the
woman is killed. This is different from
the morning after pill, which - once again
- only prevents ovulation.
If the gal has missed a period and does
not wish to give birth, her only choice at
this point is an abortion.
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Posted: 04-02-07 16:09pm
Eiri- RU 486 IS a medical abortion, and it
has been available in the us for quite a
few years.
You take one-2 pills at the abortion
clinic, then later induce a labor type of
state at home.
You would need an abortion pill, you would
get that from an abortion clinic. IF
abortion is illegal in your country, it
could be impossible to obtain.
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Posted: 04-02-07 16:24pm
and for the record the ecp aka "morning
after pill" works best wihtin 72 hours but
is effective upto 5 days now.
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Posted: 04-02-07 16:26pm
also if your already pregnant the morning
after pill will not kill the embryo it
only kills any live sperm.
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Posted: 04-02-07 22:00pm
Carifairy
wrote:
Eiri- RU 486 IS a medical
abortion, and it has been available in the
us for quite a few years.
You take one-2 pills at the abortion
clinic, then later induce a labor type of
state at home.
You would need an abortion pill, you would
get that from an abortion clinic. IF
abortion is illegal in your country, it
could be impossible to
obtain.
Thank you, that's why I said I wasn't sure
^^.
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Posted: 04-04-07 19:43pm
The morning after pill does not kill
sperm, it prevents ovulation and thickens
cervical mucous.
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Posted: 04-04-07 20:00pm
Carifairy
wrote:
The morning after pill does
not kill sperm, it prevents ovulation and
thickens cervical
mucous.
If you were pregnant and still took the
morning after pill (not ru486) would it
damage the fetus at all? It seems to be a
semi-common question on here. (taking the
morning after pill well after 72 hrs.) And
I always wondered. I just want to be clear
that I am not interested in doing this
personally. I only inquire so that I may
help inform others with a similar
question.
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Posted: 04-05-07 01:51am
Carifairy
wrote:
The morning after pill does
not kill sperm, it prevents ovulation and
thickens cervical
mucous.
Who said it did?
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Posted: 04-05-07 09:50am
vanessalouanne
wrote:
also if your already
pregnant the morning after pill will not
kill the embryo it only kills any live
sperm.
I believe this is the comment she was
responding to.
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YES, that is the one.
Our bodies naturally excrete a high dose
of progestin after we ovulate. This high
dose of progestin signals to our brain
and pituitary gland that, "Hey, you, we
already ovulated!"
This is what the MAP is trying to
duplicate, the prgestin surge that Tells
your body that you have already
ovulated.
Now, even if an egg is fertilized you
still have that progestin being excreted,
as a side fact.
The Plan B does not do anything to an
Implanted Zygote! It will flood the system
with progestin, but it does not magically
abort the pregnancy. Progestin will not
'kill' the pregnancy.
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Posted: 04-05-07 15:02pm
mc4ever02
wrote:
vanessalouanne
wrote:
also if your already
pregnant the morning after pill will not
kill the embryo it only kills any live
sperm.
I believe this is the comment she was
responding
to.
Yup. Cari was right. The morning after
pill is not a spermicide.
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Posted: 04-05-07 15:29pm
Just to add to this, i was a little bit
confused as i read the responses because i
was under the impression that the morning
after pill also prevents implantation of a
fertilized egg. well, i did some research
and found this:
The active ingredients in morning-after
pills are similar to those in birth
control pills, except in higher doses.
Some morning-after pills contain only one
hormone, progestin (Plan B), and others
contain two, progestin and estrogen.
Progestin prevents the sperm from reaching
the egg and keeps a fertilized egg from
attaching to the wall of the uterus
(implantation). Estrogen stops the ovaries
from releasing eggs (ovulation) that can
be fertilized by sperm.
So in a sense, vanessalouanne was correct
in saying that it kills any remaining
sperm. Progestin also prevents a
fertilized egg from attaching to the
uterus. So it doesn't just prevent
ovulation.
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Posted: 04-05-07 20:57pm
ebarnhard33
wrote:
Just to add to this, i was a
little bit confused as i read the
responses because i was under the
impression that the morning after pill
also prevents implantation of a fertilized
egg. well, i did some research and found
this:
The active ingredients in morning-after
pills are similar to those in birth
control pills, except in higher doses.
Some morning-after pills contain only one
hormone, progestin (Plan B), and others
contain two, progestin and estrogen.
Progestin prevents the sperm from reaching
the egg and keeps a fertilized egg from
attaching to the wall of the uterus
(implantation). Estrogen stops the ovaries
from releasing eggs (ovulation) that can
be fertilized by sperm.
So in a sense, vanessalouanne was correct
in saying that it kills any remaining
sperm. Progestin also prevents a
fertilized egg from attaching to the
uterus. So it doesn't just prevent
ovulation.
No, she's not right.
The descritption you gave says it
"prevents" the sperm from reaching the
egg, but it is not mentioned how it does
this. It most likely does not kill them.
The end point is that the original poster
was far too late to be using the map for
his gf. XD
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Posted: 04-05-07 22:05pm
Eiri
wrote:
ebarnhard33
wrote:
Just to add to this, i was a
little bit confused as i read the
responses because i was under the
impression that the morning after pill
also prevents implantation of a fertilized
egg. well, i did some research and found
this:
The active ingredients in morning-after
pills are similar to those in birth
control pills, except in higher doses.
Some morning-after pills contain only one
hormone, progestin (Plan B), and others
contain two, progestin and estrogen.
Progestin prevents the sperm from reaching
the egg and keeps a fertilized egg from
attaching to the wall of the uterus
(implantation). Estrogen stops the ovaries
from releasing eggs (ovulation) that can
be fertilized by sperm.
So in a sense, vanessalouanne was correct
in saying that it kills any remaining
sperm. Progestin also prevents a
fertilized egg from attaching to the
uterus. So it doesn't just prevent
ovulation.
No, she's not right.
The descritption you gave says it
"prevents" the sperm from reaching the
egg, but it is not mentioned how it does
this. It most likely does not kill them.
The end point is that the original poster
was far too late to be using the map for
his gf. XD
Right. "Preventing the sperm from
reaching the egg" is not necessarily the
same as "killing sperm." What you
described, ebarn, was not the killing of
sperm. Spermicides (things that kill
sperm) are non-hormonal methods of birth
control. The pill, the shot, and the
morning after pill are hormonal. It may
not seem like an important difference up
front since they all do basically the same
thing (preventing pregnancy) in the long
run, but it actually can be an important
difference. For one thing, hormonal birth
control usually requires a doctor. Also,
the side effects are quite different.
Hormonal birth control can be very
dangerous for some women. Some women
can't even take it.
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PLwarped59
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Posted: 04-05-07 23:29pm
I have used the morning after pill 9 days
after unprotected sex, it was the soonest
I had access to it. I do not recommend
waiting that long, I was lucky it worked.
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Posted: 04-06-07 07:37am
PLwarped59
wrote:
I have used the morning
after pill 9 days after unprotected sex,
it was the soonest I had access to it. I
do not recommend waiting that long, I was
lucky it
worked.
It probably didn't "work". You were
probably not going to become pregnant from
the encounter regardless of using the map.
