Could I be pregnant?

Every time a man enters a woman pregnancy is a risk, as are STDs.

Not likely, almost impossible. Did you stop taking your pills after day 5? Have you missed your period? Why are you so freaked? Men ejaculate a little before they have an orgasm, so you should never rely on him pulling out. Meanwhile, still almost impossible you are pregnant.

Yes, you could. You should be on the pill for at least a month before having unprotected sex. After that, it is STILL not a 100% guarantee.

No.

JLeslie: I am just a little freaked because people say that birth control is not effective until 7 days. No, I haven’t missed my period. My period ended 6 days ago. Which I started taking the birth control the day after because the doctor had told me to.

Yes, you could be. Like @FluffyChicken said, you need to be taking them for at least a month for them to start working properly. Precum is loaded with little spermaly ermalies so gooooooooood luck.

If what you say is true, extremely unlikely. Calm down, please lol. Either way, there’s still Plan B.

More likely than not, you’re fine. If you are late next month, wait a couple days, and then go get tested if your period doesn’t start. I also always get tested for STI’s when I have sex with a new partner. It helps keep everyone safe and healthy. :)

Did you just start it, or is this five days after your last period of a pill you’ve been on for months? If you just started it, it takes 6 weeks to become effective, so see if you get your period and if not, get a pregnancy test. If the sex was within the past 72 hours, you can buy Plan B to reduce chances of pregnancy.

Where in your cycle did you start taking the pills? If you are only 5 days away from the beginning of your last menstrual period, it is almost impossible that you are pregnant. Actually, the fact that he didn’t ejaculate inside you means that it is almost impossible that you’re pregnant.

Almost impossible isn’t completely impossible, though. There’s always a chance. Plan B is not a bad idea.

Just because he didn’t ejaculate doesn’t mean that you can’t get preggo. There is sperm in precum.

@chaceisalive Even if you were not taking the pill you would not get pregnant having sex on day 6 if your cycles are regular and 28 days. Don’t sweat it. However, this entire month you should use condoms, just to be on the safe side, next month you should be covered for sure. Remember the pill does not protect you from STD’s though. Condoms is your best defense against that if you are having sex.

@FluffyChicken, “most pre ejaculate samples did not contain any sperm and those that did had only small clumps of a very small amount of sperm which seemed to be immobile,” Contraceptive Technology Update, 1993.

“Preejaculatory fluid secreted at the tip of the urethra from Cowper’s gland during sexual stimulation did not contain sperm,” Zukerman et al., 2003.

I would honestly say no, or at least not likely. I’ve had sex after being on birth control for only 3 or 4 days, and I was fine. You’ll definitely be okay if you weren’t ovulating at the time you were having sex.

I just want to point out that while various things – time of the month, not cumming inside you, etc – usually make it statistically unlikely or even downright rare that you will be pregnant, it doesn’t mean you definitely 100% are not pregnant. There’s a reason you hear that only abstinence is 100% effective. And since there’s really no way to tell where on the statistical bell curve your ovulation cycle or his precum sperm count will fall without getting tested, it’s better safe than sorry, so get yourself tested. Especially if you wouldn’t be so happy about this pregnancy, depending upon where you live, it might be better to spend $20 or so making sure early on than find out that, despite the odds, you were later on and be left with no options.

Welcome to the terrifying world of women. Use your head, be logical, from here on out. Plan in advance. Only men get the freedom to be spontaneous.

@Aethelflaed The test won’t work, she just had sex. Plus, it is incredibly unlikely. If and when she is late she can take the test.

@nikipedia Thanks for that information. I know someone who used withdrawal for a couple of years, never got pregnant, and then when she wanted to she became pregnant right away. I would never recommend it as a method for people who would not be ok with getting pregnant if it happened. She was married at the time, and they preferred spacing out their children, but it would have been ok if she became pregnant sooner than she wanted too.

@JLeslie I thought the “after she misses her period (if that happens)” had been covered already, so was now implied.

@Aethelflaed It seemed like you wanted her to run right out to the store.

@JLeslie No. That’s not at all what I was trying to say. My post was really more about the pitfalls of applying statistics to everyday, personal life as a way to make decisions.

@Aethelflaed The stats are in her favor this tims thank goodness, as you stated. I was more concerned that women have no idea about their cycles, their own bodies, and the pills they are popping and she doesn’t realize it is extremely unlikely she is pregnant even without birth control on that day of the month.

@JLeslie I get that. On the other hand, while it’s statistically very unlikely that I’ll be killed by a a serial killer, I don’t get into strangers’ vans, because statistics are of little comfort if you fall outside the norm.

from babies to serial killers. What a leap!!

@Aethelflaed Sure. Even when things are unlikely, if you are the one, it is like 100% for you. I agree.

@Dutchess_III I felt serial killers really illustrated my point the best.