could i be pregnant?

Question

i started on the pill for the first time three weeks ago and had unprotected sex after 9 days of being on it, could i be pregnant? please help its worrying me x

Answer 1

Depends on the type of pill, if it is the mini pill (progesterone only) then you are protected from the first day you take it, and assuming you take it correctly, you should not be pregnant. If it is the combined pill (oestrogen and progesterone) I think you have to take it for a week before you are protected, so still you should be ok, so long as you have been taking it as directed.
But.... occasionally it doesn't matter what you take, or who wears what, one of those little blighters manages to get through and bobs your uncle, mothercare here we come!
Good luck.

Answer 2

Yes, you could be. The pill is not effective until you have been on it for a full month. And when you are on the pill, if you forget to take it even one day, you could start to ovulate and become pregnant with unprotected sex. Antibiotic can also reduce the effectiveness of the pill.

If it ends up you are not pregnant, I would recomend the patch. Not so much worry about missing a dose.

Answer 3

I was on the pill and they usually advise you to be on it for the first month while still using protection so your body can fully absorb the effects. It's hard to say if you are pregnant but I don't think the pill has taken it's total effect before you started messing around so it can be a good possibility.

Answer 4

If you have been taking it as instructed then it is very unlikely you are pregnant. Having sex while on the pill is not 'unprotected' - you are using one of the most reliable forms of contraception available.
I had 'unprotected' sex on the pill for 13 years and never got pregnant.

Answer 5

Hi - I hope your okay. It is possible that you could be pregnant, although not likely this is because your body has had the 7 day period it needs to hormonaly adjust to the Pill. Try not to worry so, take a pregnancy test rule it out and confide in a friend. A problem shared is a problem halved. I hope it all works out for you.

Answer 6

Yep a girl I know did the same thing... cept she had unprotected sex about 2 weeks after going on the pill...

Take a test!

Answer 7

You picked a right wierd place to ask eh?

Get of the computer and buy a test from a pharmacy. You can do it alone and find out for sure.

Otherwise, go to the family planning clinic and they can do the test, in some cases for free, and give you advice on what you should want to do if pregnancy is the case.

I mention that asking here is no good as you'll get nothing but flames and useless advice in a lot of cases. Talk to someone you can trust, like I said, go to the clinic asap.

Answer 8

Im on microgynon and it says that you are protected from the first time you take it but you also have to take it for the first time on the first day of your period so you wouldnt want sex then anyway.

Read the instructions that come with your pill and it should tell you when you are protected from. its very very unlikely that your pregnant but if your worried take a test and put your mind at rest. good luck!

Answer 9

u probibly arent the pill is pretty reliable only about 1 person in every 100 gets pregnant on it wait til ur week break from the pill and if u have a bleed then the chances r ur not pregnant

Answer 10

You may or may not be, the only correct answer you will get is by doing a pregnancy test. Maybe you should use protection next time as well as the pill does not stop you from getting STI's.