"People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone." - Audrey Hepburn
I came to this site for advice about a man and love. That very question turned my entire world around and I have had my eyes opened to things I never noticed before.
I've stayed here so that I can share the knowledge I do have. I know I'm not changing the world but I do hope that I spark others to open their eyes.
"The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself." - Oscar Wilde
So, if you learn something from what I say then repeat it to someone else who can use it.
I hope that if you see an answer of mine that you enjoy it will inspire you to go out of your way to give good, solid information. Provide links for further information, detail your responses, encourage people to seek out professionals when it's needed, and stop sugar-coating responses and just say the truth.
I hope that even if you absolutely hate my answer that it'll kick start your brain. Hopefully you'll begin taking your time to respond instead of hurried answers that are useless to an already confused person.
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." - Robert Frost
Gender: Female
Location: WV / KY / ND
Occupation: Technical Account Management
Age: 24
Member Since: October 12, 2007
Answers: 1511
Last Update: August 15, 2011
Visitors: 144084
Favorite Columnists
karenR
DangerNerd
russianspy1234
GilbertMar
ThirdQED
mikesadvice
Eldritch
my2cents
|
| |
|
I only get my period once a year. I know that i need to see a gyno, I already made an appointment but what are your thoughts on the chances of me getting pregnant from having sex with a condom/pulling out/ period once a year? (link)
|
Just because your body doesn't regularly shed your uterine lining in the form of a menstrual period doesn't mean you don't ovulate / release an egg. Your doctor will be able to give you a better answer to why your body doesn't do what it naturally should be doing every month, but this could be anything from hormone-related to a problem in ovulating. We don't know so we can't say if you can or can't get pregnant despite your lack of periods.
It takes one, ONE, sperm to get you pregnant. A full ejaculation can contain as many as 100 million sperm at a time. Only one needs to reach an egg. Only one.
There is absolutely no way of giving you a fairly accurate guesstimate.
If you have sex, you're at risk of becoming pregnant.
If you have sex without protection then you are at a high risk of becoming pregnant.
There are actually girls who have never menstruated, who engaged in sex, and who ended up getting pregnant before they even saw blood. You never, ever, know if or when you body ovulates without doing proper tests each month.
The pull out method is estimated to be somewhere between 15% and 27% in a failure rate. Condoms are something like 8% to 12% failure rate. Take that however you'd like. Using both methods is always better than just using one, but there is always still a failure rate.
Approximately 1 million American teenage girls still get pregnant each year. Eight out of ten are unplanned pregnancies.
Your risk if your choice. We can't put a percentage on it. We can't give you decent odds on if you will or will not become pregnant from having sex. There's too many factors to take into account. All you really should care about is that sex naturally makes babies and if you have sex then you are putting yourself at a risk of becoming pregnant.
|
|