Should I get emergency contrceptive ? Posted: 06-17-07 15:22pm
I have missed 4 pills wed-today. Since
it's sunday I plan on taking the pill. I
had unprotected sex with my boyfriend on
friday and I really just kept forgetting
to take my pills which I never usually
do..what are the chances of me getting
pregant? Should I get emergency
contrceptive?
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Carifairy
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Posted: 06-17-07 15:24pm
Get emergency contraception!
Then you can start a new pack of pills
asap, but you have to take them for 7 full
days in order to be protected.
This is the general advice for when women
miss 3-4 pills.
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elisk867
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Posted: 06-17-07 15:33pm
I plan on going to get the emergency
contraceptive, but do you think i'll most
likely be ok, i took 6 pills prior to
missing my 4 and i'm honestly freaking out
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kangaroo87
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Posted: 06-17-07 16:31pm
You should probably look into something
like the ring. I can't believe you missed
four days and still had sex.
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elisk867
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Posted: 06-17-07 16:41pm
um.. i missed two days (didnt realize it
since i was so busy i just kept
forgetting) had sex and then missed two
more. Im well aware that it was stupid. i
have never forgotten before but my life
has been so stressful and hectic i dont
know what i was thinking. today when i
went to take my pill, it was then that i
realized that i was still on wed not
sunday.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 06-17-07 18:25pm
Something like plan b or another morning
after pill should work as of right now,
hopefully.
Perhaps a ring would work better for you,
even if your life ends up settling back
down.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 06-17-07 19:35pm
IF you have a planned parenthood near you,
you can just walk in and buy emergency
contraception for pretty cheap. OR you can
go to ANY pharmacy, except wal mart, and
buy it over the counter.
You are in the US, right?
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elisk867
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Posted: 06-18-07 15:00pm
I got plan b yesterday and took it
immediately, so it was just a few hrs over
the 24 hrs range, not 72. I'm still so
nervous. I'm going to my gyno thursday,
but i am still freaking out.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 06-18-07 17:32pm
elisk867
wrote:
I got plan b yesterday and
took it immediately, so it was just a few
hrs over the 24 hrs range, not 72. I'm
still so nervous. I'm going to my gyno
thursday, but i am still freaking
out.
I wouldn't freak out now that you've taken
the plan-b. Just wait for your period to
come. Are you still taking the pills? It's
safe to use plan b with the pills, and you
can help yourself be protected for the
rest of the month. Birth control won't
hurt a developing zygote either, just for
future reference. Neither will plan b. So
if a girl is already pregnant, neither
medicine is going to get rid of the
developing baby.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 06-18-07 17:41pm
also, your period this month might be a
little weird, don't let it freak you out.
And there are lots of easier to remember
options, even when your life gets hectic,
the ring, the shot, the patch, an iud,
they are perfectly easy to use.
