morning after pill

Ddemo

hello i really need help my girlfriend took the morning after pill 4 hours after we had unprotected sex will this stop her from becoming pregnant cause im really getting scared :mad: please her asap

crazy cat lady

I believe its more effective the sooner its taken, it doesn't come with a money back guarantee tho!

You'll just have to play the waiting game now and hope for the best. If your girlfriend has become pregnant, there will be lots of support and help available to you. Maybe take a look at www.positiveoptions.ie to see what is available to you should you need it. Might help put your mind at ease over the next couple of weeks and give you both a chance to talk about what you both want to happen if she is pregnant.

Good luck for the next little while

Ddemo

but the fact she took it 4 hours after would that make any difference? like how do i know the pill has worked? i really am ignorant when it comes to this kind of thing my lack of knowledge is ridiculous. can anyone give me a insight into how ill know the pill has worked?

cieball

the morning after pill can be taken up to 48 hours after. so she'll be grand!! i wouldnt be worrying about anything. no idea how youd know it hasnt worked but i can see why it shouldnt unless she vomits it back up...which can happen. if she does she needs to get the pill again.

sealgaire

she took it so ye will be fine. Don't worry :-)

mariaf24

It is a pretty effective method of preventing a pregnancy (in emergency).Sorry i don't have the statistics but it is VERY effective if taken the first 24 hours after intercourse.

You will have to wait and see if her period comes or take an early pregnancy test about 2 days before her expected period.

Do you know where in her cycle she was i.e, soon after her period had gone, the middle of the month etc...
If ye can work out that it was not around the time of ovulation and she took the morning after pill then she almost certainly could not be pregnant.

Might be an idea to gain a little knowledge of contraception and fertility and practise safe sex - Good luck

Ddemo

She was 2/3 weeks after her period so what would that mean? were both 17 and don't have a clue about any of this please help:mad:

mariaf24

All you can do is wait... She took the pill, it is highly unlikely that she is pregnant.

crazy cat lady

Ddemo wrote: »

can anyone give me a insight into how ill know the pill has worked?

She'll either get her period or she won't. It really is just a matter of waiting it out and hoping for the best.

The morning after pill is really very effective, but as with any method of contraceptive, it can never be 100% effective.

I'm sure you'll be fine. Just because you had unprotected sex doesn't necessarily mean that you got het pregnant in the first place. A woman only has a very small window of fertility, appx 24-48 hours, so hopefully you missed this window. Even if you did have sex during her fertile time, you did everything right by getting the morning after pill as soon as possible. She may have experienced some cramping or spotting since taking the pill. This would be a good sign, although not conclusive. It does not mean that it hasn't worked if she hasn't had and carmping or spotting either.

mariaf24

Crazy cat lady is correct although it is safer to say that a woman has a fertile period of one week. This is because sperm can survive and 'wait around' for the egg for 5 days. We also consider 48 hours post ovulation as fertile because it is possible that a second egg can be released after the first egg (This is how fraternal twins are conceived). The egg can survive for between 12-24 hours.
So if you want to avoid a pregnancy, you assume she is fertile for the 5 days before ovulation and 2 days after.

As the other posters said, the morning after pill is very effective and ye did the right thing in getting it.
Don't worry...

Nevyn

She could get her period early or it could be a week or so late from when she was expecting it, that is just how it goes. You need to ask her if her cycle was regular and when she was next due her period, but for some teenages it can be very irregular.

http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Emergency-Contraception.htm

I would suggest you find out as much as you can about the human female's reproductive cycle and have a talk about better contraception options for you both.

There is no way to tell, pregnancy tests won't be able to tell you anything until she is due her period there is no point testing until then.

LegacyUser

The morning-after pill contains 100-150 times the amount of oestrogen that the regular, daily, oral contraceptive pill does. As a once-off measure, fine, don't rely on it on a regular basis however. (a large percentage of breast cancers are oestrogen-related)

Motley Crue

If she took the morning after pill then this is the safest thing to do

Hopefully, in future, this will teach you to "glove up" and have a spare pair on hand for every occasion - you need to be as responsible as your partner and not just leave it in their hands

I assume by your post that unprotected sex means just that, and that the condom didn't break....neither did she forget to take her pill that morning...in future, you should also consider STI's and AID's....especially during one night stands and in the early days of a new relationship/fling

Rant over. Hopefully lesson learned OP??

Ddemo

Its been nearly 2days since she took this pill and im just worried as I have read that most women feel sick, pass blood and have stomach pain, the fact this is not happening to her, does it mean itsd not working?

Nevyn

Some women will, but not all.
The same way different contraceptive pills can effect different women in different ways which is why there is a range of them.

LegacyUser

I had a one night stand a Saturday night last July with a guy I met at a niteclub in Dublin while visiting some friends. I had drink taken and I went back to his place at 3am after the club closed and had unprotected sex and the following morning again at around 11am as well. I took the morning after pill a few hours later and everything was fine.

Anyway after I got myself checked out for STD and I came up all clear. I learned my lesson not to engage in risky behaviour. I'm studying English in Dublin and I am in a relationship now and use protection the whole time. OP, be careful.

Ellie2008

Has anyone ever really regretted taking this? I have and at the time thought nothing of it, now I can't even look at a baby without feeling really guilty that may sound totally crazy to some. If anyone has ever felt the same love to hear from you as thinking about this is effecting my work and my new relationship.

Darthhoob

Ddemo wrote: »

Its been nearly 2days since she took this pill and im just worried as I have read that most women feel sick, pass blood and have stomach pain, the fact this is not happening to her, does it mean itsd not working?

i never had any of that when i took one once when a condom went missing during me and my OH's playtime....and that was about 6 months ago and no baby in my belly
i know a few people who have taken it and only known one to have those symptoms so try not to worry about it...you'll just have to wait about a week to find out (depending n her normal cycle)

you did the best thing you could AFTER the unprotective sex...i dont mean to sound all lecturey but learn from this experience and both use proper protection in future

WhodahWoodah

OP I'm not going to lecture you about safe sex in future because you seem to have had such a fright here that I think that would be preaching to the choir at this stage. It's true that the morning after pill isn't a 100% guarantee but if taken that quickly it's as close as you can hope to get after unprotected sex.

What everyone else has said is true - it's a waiting game now. If it's been 2-3 weeks since her last period and if she's regular then you both have only 1-2 weeks to wait and see.

I hope you're being nice and supportive to her because however scary this is for you, she's the one who'll end up pregnant if the MAP doesn't work! That said I feel for you both. You're both young enough for this to have been a silly mistake. I'd imagine that many of the people commenting on here have been party to a pregnancy scare or two over the years!

Just remember though that there are a pair of ye in it and try to be calm and supportive even though you're scared. And let us know how it works out. Good luck to ye.

LegacyUser

You and your girlfriend are really just on a waiting game now.

I've taken the morning after pill twice, both just hours after unprotected sex and it worked both times for me.

One time I experienced bleeding and stomach pain, the second time, no side affects at all.

Don't stress so much over it though and if her period is a few days late, that's normal if she bled a week or so after taking the pill.

Be careful in the future though and in no way rely on it as a constant method of contraception, a woman can only take it, I think it's 6 times before it really starts to affect her body in a negative way and I'm pretty sure can lead to infertility.

Maybe it'd be a good idea if both of you bought protection yourselves instead of just one of you? And kept buying it when you ran out? So at least if you don't have it, she would.