adviceman49 answered Wednesday June 6 2012, 12:24 pm: First there is no 100% effective birth control method other then not having sex. If the ipill your refering to is the Plan B pill this is the emergency contraceptive pill which should be taken with in 73 hours after having sex. It too is not 100% effective. Neither is it meant as a form of birth control.
If you are going to have sex you should (assuming you are the female) be on birth control and the boy should be using a condom. The condom is not only for birth control but to lessen the chances of an STD be transmitted between you. Condoms do not stop all STDs but it is better than not using one.
If you are over 14 or older you can ask you doctor for birth control. Under a federal law called HIPPA. You are legally able to see your doctor without parental supervision in the exam room. What happens in the exam room is confidentiall between you and the doctor. The doctor cannot tell ayone including your parents what you were examined for or are being treated for.
This law was specifically designed to allow young people to get the medical attention for their reproductive systems without the need or embarrasement of going to their parents. This includes the despensing of birth control or prescribing for them. [ adviceman49's advice column | Ask adviceman49 A Question ]
SamuelinSampa answered Tuesday June 5 2012, 7:45 pm: There is no 100 percent way to avoid pregnancy. If you have sex, there is always some chance. However, taking precautions that chance can be reduced to almost impossible.
When you say ipill, what do you mean? If that is plan B, also known as the morning after pill then you should be alright. You should take one pill no later than 72 hours after you have intercourse. After that, it's success rate starts to drop pretty quickly.
If you are referring to a normal birth control pill, then taking one after sex probably won't do much good. My ex girlfriend's ObGyn told us that she should probably take it for one month before we stopped using other forms of birth control. Taking one single pill might slightly reduce the chance that you get pregnant, but I would not count on this as a form of contraception.
Regardless, your chances of getting pregnant even without birth control aren't anywhere near assured. Even if you are very young and fertile, whether you get pregnant depends on a number of factors. Basically, there is no way to guarantee you won't get pregnant, but there is no way to guarantee you are pregnant either. I would wait a week and then buy a pregnancy test.
I assumed you are a girl in this post. If you are the male partner, please accept my apologies. If you can clarify what you mean by ipill, I will update my post if necessary.
mermaid1919 answered Tuesday June 5 2012, 6:02 pm: well i think if you take it regulary before and just forgot to take it then you might be okay but if you havent been taking it or you just got it then you probally will get pregnat, i heard that birth control does not prevent pregancy right after you have sex, i would wait a couple weeks and do a pregnacy test to be sure and if you arent then you should start taking the pill regularly. [ mermaid1919's advice column | Ask mermaid1919 A Question ]
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