Getting pg on bcp - it's fault or yours?
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Getting pg on bcp - it's fault or yours?
| Thu, 05-20-2004 - 3:12pm |
Hello Ladies,
I keep hearing all these stories about women who've gotten pg whilst on the pill, they're starting to scare me in fact (I'm on marvelon and haven't been using backup protection as we're monogamous and std free). So I was wondering, for those of you who have gotten pg on the pill - was it due to your own carelessness (ie, forgotten pills, antibiotic use, not using backup after vomiting or diherrea) or was it pure pill failure?
Please let me know
Thank you,
Laura
I keep hearing all these stories about women who've gotten pg whilst on the pill, they're starting to scare me in fact (I'm on marvelon and haven't been using backup protection as we're monogamous and std free). So I was wondering, for those of you who have gotten pg on the pill - was it due to your own carelessness (ie, forgotten pills, antibiotic use, not using backup after vomiting or diherrea) or was it pure pill failure?
Please let me know
Thank you,
Laura


I also had wildly irregular bleeding while on the pill, I do wonder if it is related, though the doctors always said the bleeding was unrelaated.
The one person I know who got pregnant while on the pill admitted that she wasn't taking it exactly like she was supposed to....happyjusttwo is an exception to the general rule in the 1% for whom the pill isn't effective, I think her bleeding *was* related to pill failure, but I'm not a doctor (so what do I know?), but realistically the only method of bc that is 100% effective is abstinence.
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I've been on Birth control (OTC-Lo).. I had diarrhea and was unaware that I became unprotected, doesn't mean I didn't take it every day. I thought I was late taking a pill but then realized I was early as I had adjusted my schedule and my memory is very poor so I had forgotten I did this until I viewed the dates on my pill pack. I had a week of diarrhea and stomach virus type problems during my first week on the new pack that started a few days before my pill pack was to start.
My neice was a pure pill failure.
My SO's neice was just 1 missed pill.
I keep wondering if the pill needs to be specifically tuned to each individual woman, one size surely can't fit all, right?
Edited 5/21/2004 9:37 am ET ET by crims0n
Edited 5/21/2004 9:38 am ET ET by crims0n
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I also know someone who claimed she became pregnant while on the pill. I later found out that she had lied and had intentionally gotten pregnant. This makes me wonder how many pill "failures" are intentional pregnancies.