Am I ovulating while on birth control?

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Registered: 03-20-2007
Am I ovulating while on birth control?
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Tue, 03-20-2007 - 10:36am
Right now is the time when I usually ovulate (if I were not on BC). Although the pill is supposed to prevent me from ovulating, I still have the discharge that you have when you ovulate. Is this normal? Also, I have been on the pill for 2 weeks and my fiance and I had unprotected sex. How big are the odds that I may be pregnant?
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 03-21-2007 - 10:58pm

If you take the pill as directed, meaning that you take it about at the same time every day, you don't take any prescription or over the counter medications that interfere with the hormones, don't have nausea or diarrhea within 2 hours of taking the pill, it is unlikely that you will be ovulating after you've taken the pill for seven days.


Is it possible that the discharge that you are experiencing is not actually the typical discharge at ovulation but something else?

Judie Cl for Birth Control 
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Registered: 03-20-2007
Thu, 03-22-2007 - 8:48am
Well, According to my ovulation calendar, I would've ovulated on the 20th. I noticed on the 17th that I had a whitish, clumpy discharge, not clear at all. On the 18/19th as well. And on the 20th I had a very small amount of clear discharge. I had unprotected sex (although my husband pulled out right when he started ejaculating-he may have gotten some in me on the way out) on the 16th. Please give me your insight on this. PS...I may have had discharge before the 17th but I didnt become paranoid enough to notice until the 17th. Also, what percentage of women ovulate on BC????
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Thu, 03-22-2007 - 10:49am

Hi tex257, welcome!


      Jill