If I take birth control and I'm pregnant, does it kill the baby?

Question

I'm on Yasmin birth control and my partner and i usually use condoms when we have sex but we havent been for the past two weeks. I dont think im prego if he pulled out and im birth control but if there is a chance that im pregnant, will bc kill the baby or just harm it? if it just harms it-how badly?

Answer 1

The literature on the effects of the pill on an unborn child is mixed. It is reported that it is unlikely to increase the risk of birth defects, but also that you should stop taking the pill at least three months before trying to become pregnant as it could harm the fetus. It is also recommended that women who could be pregnant should not take the pill. Messing with your reproductive hormones is generally not a great thing for a developing fetus, and the companies that make these pills aren't going to publish anything that indicates their medication might be dangerous. On the other hand, saying that pregnant women shouldn't take the pill basically just means that it hasn't been proven safe, and not necessarily that it was proven dangerous. I doubt that a clinical trial of birth control pills in pregnant women would ever get approved as the effects on the unborn children are potentially catastrophic, so the most likely thing is that they simply don't know. So what I would take away from that is that they don't really know exactly what it does to an unborn child, but it's better safe than sorry.

However, the whole point of birth control pills is so you won't get pregnant even if you don't use a condom, so stopping taking birth control because you had sex without a condom doesn't really make much sense. So long as you have been taking the pill for a while (I don't remember the exact lenght of time, but I think it's two or three months), and haven't missed a dose recently, you shouldn't worry about being pregnant.

Answer 2

Pre *** can get you pregnant so it doesnt matter that he pulled out im on baby number 2 and conceived whil on birth control... My first daughter was also conceived on bc. Two different kinds. It can also cause effects if you keep on taking bc while pregnant but you will know before it could harm the baby more than likely... You should still use a condom. If you arent sure u want a baby and Also make sure before having unprotected sex with a partner that you both get tested and are aware of sexual histories. There are alot of risks out there. Especially STD's Some STD's can hide and not show up on a test to... So Good luck

Answer 3

Generally you find out your pregnant within a few weeks, and there isnt any major damage done to the baby.

for all the women who take birth control for a year, 1 in 100 will become pregnant.

Answer 4

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_39626.html

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/birth-control-pill/WO00098

What happens if you take birth control pills while you're pregnant?
If you continued taking your birth control pill because you didn't realize you were pregnant, don't be alarmed. Despite years of this accident happening, there's very little evidence that exposure to the hormones in birth control pills causes birth defects.

Still, the birth control pill is a potent estrogen. Lessons learned from women who took diethylstilbestrol — a synthetic estrogen that was later linked with cancer — to prevent miscarriage in early pregnancy suggest that such exposure should be minimized.

Once you learn that you're pregnant, stop taking the birth control pill.

Answer 5

Birth control pills will not harm a baby. The pill is just extra estrogen. It works by making the body think it's pregnant already. If the body thinks it's pregnant, it won't receive sperm like a normal body. (That's why you gain weight when you start on the pill).

Answer 6

Yasmin is a very low estrogen dose, so it's unlikely it would cause severe damage early on. If you do think you're pregnant, stop taking the pills immediately. Chances are though, you're safe.

Answer 7

It will PROBABLY not kill it, but it will cause mental and possibly physical disabilities. If you think you are pregnant and want to continue to be pregnant, then go off of Yasmin NOW. If you do not want to be pregnant, then have an abortion the kindest way...early.

Answer 8

I was on birth control when I got pregnant with my eldest son. Now he is 20 yrs old. So either the pills that the doctor gave me were weak or I wasn't taking them properly. My mother told me she though I should have sued the doctor for giving me weak birth control pills. Good luck and please practise safe sex...

Answer 9

harm the child(which in most cases there isnt) but will lead to mental retardation, breathing problems and /or deformation

Answer 10

No, but can cause deformities. Stop taking them till you know for sure that you're not pregnant. Good luck ...