Birth Control Pills And Condoms.... Posted: 06-12-07 14:28pm
I have been on ortho try-cyclen lo for
about 9 or ten months now. I am in a
commited relationship and my boyfriend has
been tested for every std and is clean and
so am i. I take my pills everynight at the
same time. The latest I have been is about
20 minutes.And thats at the very latest.My
boyfriend uses a condom everytime that we
have sex. And he pulls out before he
comes, even with the condom on. He has
never come in me, even with a condom. We
never have sex without a condom and he
pulls out even with the condom on. I
believe that we are being as safe as
possible, I know that no method is 100%
effective but we both feel that we are
being as safe. However, I still worry
myself over being pregnant. I normally
start my period on the wednesday afternoon
during the week of my placebo pills. Last
month it wasnt till thursday morning.Does
stress have that much of an impact on when
you start?What are the chances of becoming
pregnant if I use the pills consitenley
and condoms and pulling out
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Llewellyn
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1743 Location: NY
Posted: 06-12-07 15:01pm
Like you said, no method is 100%
effective. However, it sounds like you
should not be worrying a whole about
pregnancy. The pill alone is about 99%
effective. Condoms alone are about 97%.
The pull out method alone is about about
70% effective. When you put them all
together, you don't have much to worry
about.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 06-13-07 14:49pm
I would definitely not worry about being
pregnant, you sound like there is no way
that could happen!! Stress can have a
huge impact on your period, and so can
many other things. Periods are strange
things and never really behave the same.
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LoveOperated
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 25
Posted: 06-14-07 12:30pm
hunny, think of all the people you have
unprotected sex a lot and they are on the
pill. They don't get pregnate. So neither
will you! Sometimes I get really stressed
out worrying if I'm pregnate or not and it
causes my period to be delayed even more!
Relax, take a pregnancy test if it makes
you feel any better :]
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Anne123
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 290 Location: Canada
Posted: 06-14-07 13:02pm
Having sex when taking birth control is
not unprotected sex, unless you are
talking about sti's. Since we are not
discussing sti's and we are discussing
preventing pregnancy, having sex on the
pill with nothing else is protected!
The pill alone is 99% effective in
preventing pregnancy. That means the
pill, alone, with the man ejaculating
inside the woman's vagina. The pill .I.S
protection enough for preventing
pregnancy! Relax! That's why you're on
it!
If you still want to use condoms to
prevent the spread of sti's - great, you
should, but you can both relax and don't
need to have him pull out in addition to
the double protection you already have!
I'm verging on ranting now, so I'll stop.
It just really irks me when people
referring to preventing pregnancy call it
"unprotected sex" when a person is on the
pill! Argh!
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Razzy86
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 20 Location: College
Posted: 06-16-07 11:05am
I had the same thing happen to me! Well
now it's just my period comes either
thursday or friday, and my doc said that
it was ok as long as it starts on the
placebo pills (and it does).
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Jaydensmommy
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Joined: 28 Jan 2004 Posts: 1770 Location: , USA
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Posted: 06-18-07 21:15pm
Yea your being overly cautious...haha I
mean good for you. But don't stress
yourselves over it and keep using all 3
methods. You'd be good with the bc pills
and a condom.
