Looking for an anti-pregnancy pre-caution post intercourse?
Question:
This is for my girlfirend, she's worried about maybe a minte of unprotected sex we had without protection, no 'fluids' were shot out by me, but she'd not due for her period for another 20 - odd days and she's very worried about it. It's already been 3-4 days since it, so morning after pill would be ineffective.
Thanks, and yes, always use protection, I know
Answers:
you will need to wait. and good use of a condom by the way. i would suggest she start to track her periods more carefully... one specific calender for this purpose alone.. mark days of start of period, then all days till done bleeding.. then about 14 or so days after, the first day the period starrted there will be ovulation, no sex at that time..wait a few days cause the egg lives a few days... EXAMPLE: period starts on the 1st... ends on the 5th,,,14 days from start of period would be the 14th.BUT::: not exact, womens bodys are different, most can feel ovulation, some cannot... if she can mark it on calender as welll... do this for a few months and you will see a pattern. to know when safe days are. this is never 100% but its better then being stupid and careless...
use a condom next time... idiot
if she's not due for another 20 odd days, you're fine... the window that a woman can get pregnant is about 2 weeks before her period... and it last for only about 24-48 hours, tops... the reason is related to the cycle of her egg and when her most fertile state would be... so, 20 days is about 3 weeks before her period... she should be relatively safe...
now this is only a medical theory, so, don't use this calculation for the future... it doesn't really take into account that her egg cycle could be abnormal... next time, use a condom to be safe...
:)
I don't think there's anything you can do if the morning-after pill doesn't work. You'll just have to wait this one out. Sounds unlikely, but you never know. If she is really stressing she can see a doctor to see if the doc has any ideas but it sounds like you might have to wait this one out. And she might like to get on the pill or something.
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