HELP

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Registered: 05-04-2004
HELP
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Tue, 05-04-2004 - 1:53pm
I had sex with my boyfriend last night. Before he put on a condom we were fooling around and i started teasing him by putting his penis right at the tip of my vagina. He got really excited and i'm worried some of his pre-ejaculation got inside my vagina. I'm on Yasmin but, and here's my problem, i missed 3 weeks of the pill because I was away and forgot them at home. I started a new pack on sunday. Do I need to take emergency contraception? Can Yasmin be used as EC???
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Registered: 03-25-2003
In reply to: starlight2036
Tue, 05-04-2004 - 2:40pm

Hi starlight,


Well first...pregnancies resulting from situations like those are rare.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
In reply to: starlight2036
Wed, 05-05-2004 - 8:31am
Just a note--only pills containing the progestins levonorgestrel or norgestrel should be used as emergency contraception. Something about that particular progestin (norgestrel is a derivative of levonorgestrel) makes it more effective than the others, at least from what I can remember! So for those of you keeping score, that's Alesse, Nordette, LoOvral, Triphasil (careful!), Ovrette, Ovral, Seasonale (which probably won't show up on the list, but is the same as Nordette), and the generics. The number of pills to take depends on which pill exactly is taken, so it's important to find the right reference!

Judie

Judie Cl for Birth Control 
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Registered: 03-25-2003
In reply to: starlight2036
Wed, 05-05-2004 - 11:19am
Thanks Judie!
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