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Is it possible?
| Thu, 08-12-2004 - 6:10pm |
Hi,
I have a question about possible pregnancy. My AF started on 8/1 and lasted about 2 1/2 days then stopped then started spotting for a few more days. I had been off the patch for about 3 months since I wasn't having sex anymore, but now I am so I decided to go back on it. Well I started on a sunday (8/1) but did not start my patch until the following sunday because I thought I had to wait since I was a sunday starter, i didn't know you could start on that same sunday. So anyway, I forgot to actually put the first patch on until this past monday, so i didn't start actually on sunday. I have had unprotected sex a couple of times since my period started. Could I get pregnant?
thanks in advance.

If you didn't apply your first patch until CD9 then you may ovulate this cycle even though you have started hormones. It depends on when you had IC and if you ovulated as to how much at risk you are of pregnancy. At this point no one can say what that risk is. The instructions that come with your patch say you need to be wearing it correctly for 7 days before you are protected. If you had IC within the last few days then emergency contraception may be effective. See the EC site at: http://ec.princeton.edu/ EC is very effective within the first 72 hours of the IC in question and somewhat effective on days 4 and 5. Let us know how you're doing, ok?
Hugs,
Jill