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I have a friend who is worried that she is pregnant because she had sex with her boyfriend and the condom broke before he came inside her! She is freaking out! She is getting information from others saying that she should calm down, that there is no way that she is pregnant, but I want to know for sure. She has been taking her birth control for less than 30 days. ((add links if you find articles on it, or know of any please))
If you look on your birth control pill fact sheet, almost all of them say that the first two weeks (one for the patch, two for mini-pills) should be accompanied by another form of birth control as well. This is more important if you start birth control during the middle of your cycle, as you could ovulate before the birth control has time to regulate your system. Have her look at the fact sheet that comes with the birth control or look it up online.
If she’s been taking her birth control for more than 14 days or started it at the beginning of her last period, she should be fine.
BUT just because you are on birth control does not mean you can’t get pregnant. Birth control is not 100% effective, and it’s effectiveness goes down with the amount of body fat you have above the "IDEAL" range. How you actually take your birth control pill and any medications or supplements you take also affect it’s effectiveness.
The only type of birth control that would be unaffected by things such as body weight or medications would be an IUD.
Included are links to :
the patch type birth control
an article on body fat affecting birth control
an article that gives the "reality based" effectiveness of birth control
i was told, that it takes a month for the pill to work and after i finished the first whole dosage then the next month it works, it just mightas been for the kind i had cause i was breast feeding but im not sure. thats just what i was told
Its possible only because the pill may not have completely adjusted to her body yet, and she is required to take it the same exact time daily. But she should also try not to over stress about it until she actually misses her period.
It’s usually about 14 days untill the pill is in your system. She shouldn’t be too concerned. But if she doe’s miss her period to take a test in case.
In the first week it’s more likely because your hormone levels are thrown, in the next couple weeks its still kind of likely because your body may not have completely adjusted.
Most pills say "use alternate protection for the first month". They make no guarantees. The pill provides hormones that should override the ones the ovaries produce, and bypass the development and release of the egg. However, there’s no guarantee this process works the first month. Sometimes it doesn’t, hence the warning.
So I would say her odds are better than no protection, but still nowhere close to zero.
The pill manufacturers won’t give you odds, because if they post any suggestion that you "could be safe" then they might get sued by someone who does get pregnant – "You said I could be safe!" So they just give you the most pessimistic option – "Use alternate protection".
So I suggest she should be a bit worried, but not too worried. Unfortunately, like the answer to any other of these "Am I pregnant??!!" questions, all she can do is wait until a test shows the result in 2 weeks. And, because the pill messes up her hormones, you can’t use the calendar reliably to find the day of ovulation – it could be anytime or not at all.
Meanwhile, keep taking her pills on schedule.