I have been on birth control for about a yr. I just started letting my boyfriend ejaculate inside. I am good about taking my pills and also took the morning after pill w/in the 72 hrs. Am

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• An excellent, succint answer. And I especially love the first sentence! But what I need to know is A) Did you kill Stu? and B) What's the significance of 14th April? Is somebody getting a cake with candles on?

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  by ChrisDG on April 10th, 2007

• A) ;) Stu isn't dead, but when I tried to put the '14th April' on him he stopped walking. B) Yes, on Saturday there will indeed be celebrations, though a cake and candles is looking increasingly unlikely :( What you see is a shameless attempt to promote awareness of my impending birthday.

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  by Carmella on April 10th, 2007

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• hmmmm Wouldn't she need a doctor to give her a prescription for the morning after pill so a doctor should already know, or do you not need a prescription for it anymore? Good answer it just got me thinking!

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  by glamorgirli on July 30th, 2007

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• Agreed!

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  by glamorgirli on July 30th, 2007

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• Not true. The pill has more than 99% effectiveness when taken as directed.

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  by Anonymous on April 4th, 2007

• get your facts right honey

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  by Esteban-- Smart ass Pumpkin on April 28th, 2007

• It's not a 50/50 risk for the pill, it's a 1% if it's used rigth. Sounds to me like friend #2 messed up some how.

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  by P. W. Pasobrio loves Marines on April 28th, 2007

• she probably smoked, was grossly over weighted and ate shell fish

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  by Esteban-- Smart ass Pumpkin on April 28th, 2007

• Not true Dead Drunk. My mother never smoked and took it correctly. She became pregnant and here I am. She is 5'2 and well then 115 .. now 145. Nothing gross. She hates shell fish.
  There are chances with the pill even though they have come a long, long way. Nothing is 100% and THAT is the most important message. No one can be TOO paranoid over an unwanted pregnancy! To be honest.. we have TOO MANY women unconcerned with any form of birth control who have UNWANTED pregnancies so I say kudos to this chick who wants to be as preventative as possible!!!!!!

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  by Snooch on July 30th, 2007

• I have the pamplet for my BC in front of me and around 5% of pill users will become pregnant while using the pill typically(like missing an occasional pill) ans 3% will get pregnant using it perfectly.

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  by glamorgirli on July 30th, 2007

• I agree with you, Snooch, girls need to be taking more responsablity when it coems to sex.
  And thanks for the new info, glamourgirl.

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  by P. W. Pasobrio loves Marines on July 30th, 2007

• Actually, the rate of failure for the pill when it's not taken as directed is 5-8%, and the rate of failure when it is taken exactly as prescribed is less than 1%. Keep in mind, these statistics are for the combined hormonal contraceptive pill. The rate of failure for perfect use of the progestin only pill is 3%. http://www.contraceptivetechnology.org/table.html

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  by Anonymous on July 31st, 2007

• You know.. statistics can only cover so much ground. In many ways. Especially medicines. You have to be careful. Truly. What one statistic says today.. will be on a deadly reporting statistic five years from now in some instances. Science is NOT error-proof. I trust in it as much as the next person in times of need but realistically.. it can vary from person to person. It is like watching these pills that help stop a woman's monthly.. the STASTISTICS look good now..give it a good 10 years.

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  by Snooch on July 31st, 2007

• Doobie if I wanted to promote a high valued and high demand product.. those things read well and I would back them because for now.. they hold well. However, nothing is error-proof and at the risk of getting pregnant and the child being unwanted.. I would bag it, pill it and pull it out and make it a three way safety zone.. not just using the pill. That is just me. Why in the world are people downrating this woman's question?? How utterly asinine.

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  by Snooch on July 31st, 2007

• I agree, Snooch, sceince is not error proof nor is it realiable when we people are willing to lie to cover up their mistake out of pride, shame, or guilt. And really how can we prove an error rate if people do this? It's about assine because it helps no one. I have always held that using three forms of birth control at all times should be standard practice. Bag it, hormone it, and spermicide it.

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  by P. W. Pasobrio loves Marines on July 31st, 2007

• I think using three is really going overboard. If a person is so scared that they are using 3 methods than they should not have sex at all.

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  by glamorgirli on July 31st, 2007

• I agree glamor but if they are not going to abstain.. AND do NOT want children.. PLEASE do all you can to protect an innocent from being brought into the world that was not wanted.

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  by Snooch on July 31st, 2007

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• That's exactly what mine did. Here, take this. Very little explination. Good thing I'd educated myself.

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  by P. W. Pasobrio loves Marines on April 28th, 2007

• Yeah doctors actually don't explain things that well, but if you read the pamplet that goes along with your birth control it spells out EVERYTHING for you! Like I told me gyno that I wanted to change birth controls and he didn't even explain different kinds and just handed me YAZ because its new and they have free samples, its fine with me, but I wish he would have given me more options and told me more about the different brands! Stupid Doctors!!

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  by glamorgirli on July 30th, 2007

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• The pill is over 99% effective when taken as directed, and can be obtained from your local chapter of Planned Parenthood for around $15 per month.

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  by Anonymous on April 4th, 2007

• And you can get the shot for $75.00 every three months also at family planning. and no there are to many pills that can make the pill uneffective, anti depresiants, anti biotics and some they have not found they did not now about anti drpressiants until like 5 years ago.

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  by thinkin on April 4th, 2007

• Well then obviously you shouldn't take certain antibiotics if you are on the pill, or you should use a backup method for the week that you are on antibiotic therapy. Antidepressants don't interfere with oral contraception, with the exception of St. John's Wort which MAY reduce the effectiveness of oral contraceptives. I hardly think that is "too many" things to interfere with the effectiveness.

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  by Anonymous on April 4th, 2007

• If this girl was on the pill and the morning after pill i was just helping her out sorry

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  by thinkin on April 4th, 2007

• Your answer is not really helpful, since it is presumptious and wildly inaccurate.

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  by Anonymous on April 4th, 2007

• they did not even ask a question nothing is helpful here so yeah i gave my open thoughts

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  by thinkin on April 4th, 2007

• Actaully, dobbie, she's right about the antidepresants. And new studies are coming out on what effects the the pill everyday. I still think it's the best method by far because it's had a longer track record then the others. But you still should look into other methods if you're on medication.

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  by P. W. Pasobrio loves Marines on April 28th, 2007

• No, sorry. She isn't right about the antidepressants.
  
  http://www.wellness.gatech.edu/ask/3_dr_buzzy_answers/Sexuality_Reproductive_Health/birth_control__reproductive_health.php/pill.php
  http://www.uhs.berkeley.edu/home/healthtopics/depressionqa.shtml#12
  http://www.plannedparenthood.org/sexual-health/ask-dr-cullins/ask-dr-cullins-birth-control-5507.htm

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  by Anonymous on May 1st, 2007

• call a doctor yes i am the effect the pill i know i have twins!

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  by thinkin on May 1st, 2007

• Yes, the pill IS NOT 100% effective. It's printed right there on the package. About 1 in 10,000 women will become pregnant while on the pill. Consider yourself in a very small minority.

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  by Anonymous on May 1st, 2007

• I was talking to a pharmacist after I got pregnant and they were the ones that told me if you are on orthotricyclin NOT to take cleectra (sp?). So they must be wrong

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  by thinkin on May 1st, 2007

• The pill can interfere with the function of the antidepressants, NOT the other way around. Taking the pill on certain antidepressants can actually have a reverse effect and cause an even deeper depression, or exacerbate certain unpleasant side effects of antidepressants. Antidepressant medications do not reduce the effectiveness of the pill. ANTIBIOTICS do.

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  by Anonymous on May 1st, 2007

• Okay, I must have misremembered what I read about them. Maybe that's why my friend's antidepresants aren't working right anymore because she changed pills. Actualy that makes sense since the pill effects your hormone levels and that would screw with the antidpressants. And I knew about the antibiotics. She had to get the emergemcy pills because the condom broke while she was on them.

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  by P. W. Pasobrio loves Marines on May 1st, 2007

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