Chance of pregnancy?

[Nik1323]

My girlfriend just got off her period today and we got drunk and accidently(kinda) had sex without a condom 3 times.... I pulled out 2/3 times but the second time i went to pull out and she pushed me back in. i was going to go get that emergancy conception stuff but i heard that it's nearly impossibly to get pragnant the day u get off ur period,i mean it was withing 24 hours of her ending it.

[moose_hd]

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[Emmi33]

I doubt she will. . .
its more difficuilt to get pregnant than people think. I'm not saying that contraception isnt needed!!! Im just saying, most couples who are trying, as in having sex on the dates shes ovulating (two weeks after her period) who are completely fertile and all that dont get pregnant for 3 or 4 tries,
its not impossible that she'll get pregnant but its unlikely.

[Brandye]

Well, Emmi makes some good points but let me emphasize the need for protection. If you have absolutely random sex, the chance of pregnancy is about 3%. In mature women with regular periods, the chances of pregnancy near her period are much lower. In younger women who have irregular periods ovulation is also irregular and you never quite know what the likelihood of pregnancy is.

If you have unprotected sex absolutely randomly, you have a 50% chance of pregnancy after 29 "encounters."

Read through Chick Chat. There are some lengthy posts that deal with the numbers.

[HOOHOO]

I know the post above mine probrably answers this...but I'm still worried...


My love and I showed our affection for one another (sex...for the first time) last saturday (april 29, 2006).
Her period ended the saturday before that (april 22, 2006) and it is now May 6, 2006.
We were unprotected (Mistake!), what are her chances of becoming pregnant?

We are both 18 year olds....and it was both of our first times. Does this make it easier to get pregnant?

Thank you. Someone please post something....I am somewhat freaking out over this. (I have the right to though....right?)

Originally Posted by Brandye

If you have absolutely random sex, the chance of pregnancy is about 3%.

Originally Posted by Brandye

In mature women with regular periods, the chances of pregnancy near her period are much lower. In younger women who have irregular periods ovulation is also irregular and you never quite know what the likelihood of pregnancy is.

This is scary.

Originally Posted by Brandye

If you have unprotected sex absolutely randomly, you have a 50% chance of pregnancy after 29 "encounters."

So, after 29 times having sex, there is a 50% chance of getting someone or becoming pregnant?

[Lackadaisical]

But you could still get pregnant the first time....or it could be 100. I'm sorry, but stats are only a comfort, not a guarantee. If you're worried, use protection, take a test, or get the "emergency pill". I know I'm a bit harsh about it, but I don't believe in thinking you're safe just because a number said so. Taking the consequences of an action is important.

[HOOHOO]

Thank you for replying. We will definatly use protection from now on....we meant to the first time....honestly I don't know why we didn't. Hopefully there will be a next time. And we have decided to not do anything until after her next period....unless she misses it. Which should be for another 2-3 weeks....but shes irregular, which is mainly why shes on the pill anyway.

We bought a pregnancy test but it says that it won't work unless you use it after you've already missed your period.....doesn't this kinda not make sense since missing a period tends to mean pregnancy (ussually)?, And its been a week, can she still take an emergency pill? What kind can or should I get, where can I get it, How much do they typically cost? is it safe? Do we have to wait another week or so to see a doctor? Should she keep taking her pills? (She has been)

I'm somewhat of a pessimist so I always think the worst which can be good in this situation because.....I will do anything to not end this with a pregnancy, because I can't handle a child right now.

Thank you so much for helping me out.

[Brandye]

Being on the pill is generally considered to be "protected." Do not take emergency contraception on top of the pill. How can she be irregular if she is on the pill?

Clearly neither of you know how the pill works or her body works or much of anything else. Use the next three weeks to get educated. Start with some of the long posts in Brandye's Chick Chat and then get a copy of Our Bodies Our Selves.

You took a big chance and you now have three plus very long weeks to worry about it.

[HOOHOO]

She's irregular because she has only been on the pill a little over a week.

And yes I don't know a whole lot about the pill, at the time I knew that it was basically just a boost of hormones to trick her body into believing its already pregnant thus not being receptive to sperm or maybe it was not releasing an egg? (maybe I'm wrong?) I knew that she has to take it at a certain time of day, everyday, without altering that schedule.

I have read your sticky (about the pill) which is the same thing as the chit chat post I believe, and I have also sent the link to her. I really enjoyed it and it was very, very informative.

I know it was a big chance, I had never done anything like that before (obviously, if it was my first time) and so we kinda rushed into it a little bit, which was wrong, but its over and its happened, so its is something I am going to have to deal with for the next three weeks and maybe longer depending the outcome.

Last question, on a regular menstrual cycle....when is it the easiest to get pregnant, the hardest?

Thank you so much again for each of your time, you both seem very knowledgeable.

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