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I need help! Could I b pregnant?
So I haven't been taking my birth control faithfully. I haven't took it the last 5 days, & in these past 5 days I've been ovulating. & my boyfriend came over & we had sex & he ejaculated in me. So? The fact I'm just getting off my birth control and I'm ovulating are my chances high? Late it out flat to me. I like honesty lol. I won't be scared by it! But also I just woke up today bleeding is it because I haven't been taking my pills? Cus my period doesn't come until the 20th. & even if I'm bleeding does that mean I can still can get pregnant during the bleeding. Like can the egg & sperm still survive because he came in me just last night.
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Bleeding can come from not taking your pills but there is a small amount of bleeding some women experience if the fertilized egg implants in the uterus, implantation bleeding...at which point she is pregnant, this is a 7 to 10 day period it takes from sex to a fertilized egg implanting.
So if the sex was recent, then the morning after pill (Plan B) may still cover you but must be taken immediately. It can be used 120 hours after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy. That comes to 5 days but know that the sooner it’s taken the more effective it works.
I wouldn't take any chances if I were you with something that could result in pregnancy by just guessing. We are not doctors and even an early pregnancy test won't tell you anything until the egg has been implanted. So there's no way to know if there are surviving sperm or if an egg will be or already is fertilized. That risk alone is enough to get me running to a pharmacy day or night immediately for plan b, the morning after pill...just ask your pharmacist for it.
What I don't understand is why if you knew you hadn't taken your birth control the last 5 days, that you didn't mention it to him and use condoms at least or send him to the store to buy condoms, especially if you're ovulating right now. That mix is a perfect setup for pregnancy.
Dont wait. Don't guess. Do get emergency contraception in the morning after pill AND take it as prescribed because if you don't, you may end up pregnant.
I have two suggestions for people who can't remember to take their pills on time, the same time each day also being important...1. set the timer on your cell or iphone to go off the same time each day to remind you to take it. If you have a habit of misplacing your phone alot and losing it, this won't help you at all.
2. The best hassle free birth control I know of is what I used and what my mom used. It's the paragard IUD, the copper form, no hormones added since the copper is what acts as a deterrent to pregnancy. In statistical records it is more effective than all the other forms of birth control though some run a very close second. But there are also other selling points like no hormonal side effects or break through bleeding cus this doesnt prevent your monthly cycle or stop your egg from being released. But it does prevent the fertilized egg from being able to attach to the uterine wall and without attachment, it can not live so it will pass out of the body with the period flow. This is the same ancient method some medicine women knew of and some health conscious women use today, taking a tea of daucus carrota, wild carrot, also know as Queen Annes lace. The seeds if taken in a tea cause the egg to not be able to attach. Although if the tea isn't taken in time or not enough is taken or the gal has run out of seeds which are hard to find to begin with, then a pregnancy can result. It is not quite as effective as Paragard, just works on the same principle. So the copper IUD is still the best. Although more expensive up front, the fact that the one time visit to doctor to have it put in, is good for about 10 years. So if compared to the cost of birth control or shots, etc...over a 10 year period, this is the more cost effective too. And a couple more selling points, you don't have to remember to take anything, sex anytime, anywhere, as often as you like without any hassle of trying to remember to take something.
Another plus is that should you decide to start trying for a child, you see the doctor to have it removed and can start trying immediately. There is no adjustment period for your body afterwards.
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Sperm can survive in your body for 2-3 days. Bleeding could be your period, or it could be general bleeding from having sex (if skin inside you has torn during sex).
If you don't want to have a baby then you should get some morning after pills ASAP, but you will know in a few weeks if you are or you aren't pregnant. If you aren't, let this be a lesson to you to take your birth control regularly!
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