It's not for me personally, but I am just wondernig since i have read here at Yahoo! answer a lot about this emergency pill which I just came to find out what it really is. I saw in a previous question that it might be likely to still get pregnant even after taking this pill, though.
2006-10-27 08:42:59 · 20 answers · asked by Goofita 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Hi there,
I want to say first of all that I am not a health care professional and I can only answer your question using the best information that has been made available to me.
It is my understanding that the most commonly used method of emergency contraception is a special dose of combination birth control pills taken within three days. Taking the "morning after pill" makes it impossible for the ovum to implant in the uterus. In other words, it does not prevent the act of conception ( the egg could still be fertilized) but it would prevent the fertilized ovum from being able to implant into the lining of the uterus.
The other way that these pills can work is by disrupting the process of ovulation.
I know that side effects can include things like headache and nausea. They may also change the timing of your next period.
From what I have read the morning after pill is extremely effective when taken at the appropriate time.
I hope I have been able to answer your question.
For another good answer you could just call a pharmacy and ask to speak to the pharmacist, they can be a surprising wealth of information.
One other fact that I would like to share with you is this ( it may put some minds at rest) depending on where you are in your cycle, the odds of getting pregnant from a single act of unprotected intercourse is 0 to 20%. Those are some pretty low odds and of course they go up with the number of times you make love.
If there is anything else you would like to ask me just write.
Blessings.
Lady T~
2006-10-27 09:09:26 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Trinity 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get pregnant if you use a spermicide, a contraceptive pill, a condom and take the morning after pill at the same time. NO CONTRACEPTIVE IS 100% GUARANTEED, but the hormones in the morning after pill makes it more unlikely for the egg to be fertilised, as long as you use it for emergencies only and not as a regular source of birth control.
2006-10-27 08:58:49 · answer #2 · answered by ayanagin 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you take it within 72 hours of having unprotected sex, it is more than 97 percent effective. BUT it works only if you take it within 72 hours of having unprotected sex. if you take it too late, and the embryo has already implanted, the pill won't work. the longer you wait after sex to take the EC, the less likely it will be to prevent pregnancy. Plus it only protects you for that one time you had sex. if you have sex a few days later, you are not protected.
the Emergency Contraceptive or morning after pill is a very high dose of the ingredient that is in regular birth control pills. it is not good to take such a mega-dose of hormones more than a couple of times in your life time. much better to get on regular birth control that you use every day.
for more info on birth control, make an appointment at planned parenthood.
2006-10-27 08:47:16 · answer #3 · answered by EmLa 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its really unlikely, because first of all the fecundation occurs aproximalety three days after the sexual intercourse; so the pill has enought time to act. It acts by withdrawing the progesterone protection of the decidua in the uterus who is waiting for the embrional fetus. If you gice high dosis of estrogens, the body belive that the progesterone protection is gone and start to "menstruate" and so, if there where any spreematozoa in the uterine cavity it would die or if there would a fetus formed, it would not be able to reach the uterine decidua and it would be lost with the rest of these uterine material in the "fake menstrual period"
2006-10-27 08:55:49 · answer #4 · answered by G square 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Emergency contraception is 89% effective at preventing pregnancy if taken within the prescribed period of time after unprotected sex. So, yeah, you can still get pregnant... you have an 11% chance of that happening. Not exactly "likely."
2006-10-27 10:06:18 · answer #5 · answered by mockingbird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter was raped and brought to the E.R. for the rape kit etc... They gave her the morning after pills and it was the first time I had ever heard of it.
It was explained to me that she would NOT be pregnant. She wasn't and it had no side effects on her.
because I had a baby at 14, conceived by rape I was very afraid for her that it would possibly not work. They assured me without a doubt she would not become pregnant.
Hope this helps.
T
2006-10-27 08:49:32 · answer #6 · answered by ~*bUtteRFy~*~kISSeS*~ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I hate milk and don't drink it at all. I never drank it with my last pregnancy or this one (unless it is in cereal). As long as you are taking your vitamins and drinking plenty of water, you will be fine! The dr. will tell you if you are low on anything when they do your blood work. Drink at least 8 8 ounce glasses of water a day (64 ounces).
2016-03-28 09:25:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i took the emergency pill 2 days later still in the 72 hours and i got pregnant but i had sex on the exact date i was ovulating.. so was very very risky.. but am pregnant and having a little boy and am soo happy it didn't work... but ave took it twice befour that and it had worked xxx
2006-10-27 10:34:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its very unlikley.
What it is is a very high dose of the hormones found in the normal contraceptive pill. The hormones interfere with the ability of a fertilised egg to implant in the uterus and grow.
2006-10-27 08:44:51 · answer #9 · answered by huggz 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
YES!! I know this sounds crazy but I believe it made me pregnant. I took this pill within the time periods I was supposed to...but I still got pregnant. Thanks a lot, Plan B!
2006-10-27 10:05:13 · answer #10 · answered by 07jaggrad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋