am I prego..or just paranoid!!!

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Registered: 03-18-2004
am I prego..or just paranoid!!!
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Sat, 02-11-2006 - 10:02am

OK, I have a FWB with my best guy friend for over 3 years... we have always been careful, I am on the pill, but recently I screwed up on it, but it didn't mess my period up like it has in the past, so that is good, but we did it without a condom a week after my period was done...and I am so stupid that I just wanna know if that is the "safer zone" I am not sure... can I still get pregnant?? OMG!!! Like I feel like an idiot to have to ask, I should already know...but when is it the safest to have sex before or after your period?? PLEASE HELP ME!!!

Thanks :)

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Registered: 07-26-2005
Sat, 02-11-2006 - 10:41am

It is NEVER "safe" to have intercourse without birth control. Women usually ovulate between the beginning of one period and the beginning of the next one. If you have a 28 day cycle, it would be about 14 days after the start of a period. Women have been known to get pregnant during their period, because no two women's cycles are exactly the same, and even the same woman's cycle can vary from month to month.

If you're on the pill, and you don't skip one, or take it extremely late, you will not ovulate at all. If you DO mess up, there is a chance that an egg could be released, and if that's the case you MIGHT get pregnant. It's all "iffy".

If you mess up one month, to be perfectly safe you should treat it just like when you started. You aren't protected until you've had ONE FULL month of the pills.

Could you be pregnant? Very doubtful, but to be sure, you need to get a test when the time is right. Or you can wait till you get your next period.....or IF you get it. In the meantime, use condoms.

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Registered: 11-20-2005
Sat, 02-11-2006 - 12:24pm
We've all been there. While you wait to find out remember how scared you are. And then in the future, remember the stress you are going through right now. I love my little darlings but if you aren't ready for it, you have to be so careful and not get caught up in the moment. I got pregnant both times the first time we had sex with no birthcontrol. Let this be a lesson to you young lady.

 

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 02-16-2006 - 4:04pm

Agree with dakine. Every woman's cycle is different and every woman's cycle can vary from month to month. We also know that a woman can ovulate more than once a month, too.

So, no time is a safe time to have unprotected sex.

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Registered: 07-16-2003
Thu, 02-16-2006 - 4:16pm
Well, not to make you even more paranoid, but assuming you have a 'normal' 28 day cycle, the time you would be ovulating would be 14 days after the start of your cycle. The start of your cycle is the FIRST day of your period. Sooo, you do the simple math. Seven days after the end of your period would be your most fertile. good luck.