Can you still get pregnant if you are on the pill and take it as prescribed?

Question

What kind of percentage or chance is there of getting pregnant?

Answer 1

You can certainly conceive while on the birth control pill, but your body already thinks it's pregnant, so it would be rare for the baby to attach to the womb. Usually it's just flushed out of your body, unawares.

I've never understood this double standard: There are plenty of anti-abortion, pro-lifers who take the pill, but don't consider that they could be terminating the lives of multiple children which were conceived. Out of sight, out of mind I suppose.

There are also many people opposed to the famous "morning after" pill (RU486?) that has recently been approved for use by the FDA, because it causes a fetus to abort after it has attached to the uterus. Whether it's swept straight through or makes a temporary stop along the way, you're still aborting children that have been conceived.

Not to mention the number artificial hormones do on your body. There are other methods that don't harm you or your unborn children...and their effectiveness increases when you combine them with other birth control methods. (ie: condoms and foam, etc). Dare to be different!

Answer 2

Yep. A girl I used to work with got pregnant when she was on the pill. It's a low percentage, but it can still happen. If you use condoms while you're on the pill, you should be good to go. No method of birth control is completely foolproof, except abstinence.

Answer 3

oh yes indeed.....I think the percentage is like 96.9% or something close, but take it from me, a woman with not 1 but 2 unexpected children. I had been using Depo Provera for 1 year before I even met my husband, so naturally when we got married I was not expecting to become preggers in just under 2 months, ofcourse we were excited and happy, after the initial shock wore off, but none the less Jake was born about 10 months after our wedding, and I thought it was just a fluke, and continued with Depo after he was born, LOL! Here's where it gets really funny.....my son Nicholas was born 16 months after my first son....needless to say, I no ;onger use Depo, and opted to have a tubal.....if I get preggo now, well it must be fate!

Answer 4

In a word YES, slim chances, but YES.
If you are worried about getting pregnant, do not have sex, until you are ready to be a parent, having a baby changes your life forever, a child will become the center of your world.
Good luck.

Answer 5

No birth control is 100% effective, but the pill comes close.

is often used to compare the effectiveness of various methods of contraception.[13] It is expressed as the "number of unintended pregnancies in 100 normally fertile women over the period of one year". Each method of birth control has two Pearl index numbers:

* method effectiveness: is the Pearl index number for use under perfect conditions. The method effectiveness Pearl index for the Pill has been measured as low as 0.3 and as high as 1.25, which means that under ideal conditions, anywhere from 0.3 to 1.25 out of 100 users will become pregnant during one year of perfect use (Pearl index = 0.3 to 1.25).

* user effectiveness or typical effectiveness: is the Pearl index number for use that is not consistent or always correct. The user effectiveness measured by the Pearl index for the Pill has been measured as low as 2.15 and as high as 8.0, which means that anywhere from 2.15 to 8.0 out of 100 women will become pregnant during the first year of typical use (Pearl index = 2.15 to 8.0)

Answer 6

the pill is 99% safe therefore only 1% chance of getting preggers

Answer 7

Yes, my step-mom had all 3 of her children on the pill. Only abstinence is fool-proof! :)

Answer 8

yes you can- there percentage is low - happen to a friend of mind

Answer 9

I did. Got a beatiful two year old now.

Answer 10

yes, nothing is 100% full proof