what if a pregnant woman takes birth control ??

Question

to be exact, it is the depo shot.

thanks everyone

what happened was that my shot had to be taken today, but the shot was prob. warned out by then. and im having this pressure feeling on my bladder like i got to go to the bathroom every 30 min. then when i do, and im done peeing, i feel like i still have to go when i dont, and i get this tingly feeling. any advice ??

Answer 1

This is the patient information packet that should have been given to you when you received your injection. ALWAYS ask for the patient information and read it before getting any injection. ALWAYS have the needle drawn in front of you and ensure that the DIN number on the patient info matches the DIN number on the bottle. Mistakes happen, don't be a statistic.

http://www.pfizer.com/pfizer/download/uspi_depo_provera_contraceptive.pdf

Neonates from unexpected pregnancies that occur 1 to 2 months after injection of
DEPO-PROVERA CI may be at an increased risk of low birth weight, which, in turn, is
associated with an increased risk of neonatal death. The attributable risk is low because
such pregnancies are uncommon.9,10
A significant increase in incidence of polysyndactyly and chromosomal anomalies
was observed among infants of users of DEPO-PROVERA CI, the former being most
pronounced in women under 30 years of age. The unrelated nature of these defects, the
lack of confirmation from other studies, the distant preconceptual exposure to DEPOPROVERA
CI, and the chance effects due to multiple statistical comparisons, make a
causal association unlikely.11
Neonates exposed to medroxyprogesterone acetate in utero and followed to
adolescence, showed no evidence of any adverse effects on their health including their
physical, intellectual, sexual, or social development.
Several reports suggest an association between intrauterine exposure to
progestational drugs in the first trimester of pregnancy and genital abnormalities in male
and female fetuses. The risk of hypospadias (five to eight per 1,000 male births in the
general population) may be approximately doubled with exposure to these drugs. There
are insufficient data to quantify the risk to exposed female fetuses, but because some of
these drugs induce mild virilization of the external genitalia of the female fetus and
because of the increased association of hypospadias in the male fetus, it is prudent to
avoid the use of these drugs during the first trimester of pregnancy.
To ensure that DEPO-PROVERA CI is not administered inadvertently to a
pregnant woman, it is important that the first injection be given only during the first 5
days after the onset of a normal menstrual period within 5 days postpartum if not breastfeeding
and if breast-feeding, at the sixth week postpartum (see DOSAGE AND
ADMINISTRATION).
7. Ectopic Pregnancy
Health-care providers should be alert to the possibility of an ectopic pregnancy among
women using DEPO-PROVERA CI who become pregnant or complain of severe
abdominal pain.

Answer 2

umm.. most doctors make you take a pregnancy test before they will give you a depo shot. My doctor made me take a pregnancy test to get back on the pill after I took 2 months off, even though I swore up and down that I hadn't had sex in the past two months. Any type of birth control can harm the baby, or even cause miscarriage. Typically they can cause birth defects, so its not advisable to take birth control to try to induce miscarriage (sad but some girls do this) because you may end up hurting your baby, which is a consequence both you and your child will deal with for the rest of your lives. Also, one shouldn't take birth control while breastfeeding either, unless you talk to you doctor about it and still it is not advisable.

Answer 3

Um...

You are absolutely not supposed to take birth control while pregnant.

Answer 4

You could seriously damage you baby or lose it all together. Get help fast.

Answer 5

Why would you need birth control if you're already pregnant?

Answer 6

you could seriously injure the fetus, or even cause a miscarriage
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Is-It-Wise-Taking-Birth-Control-While-Pregnant-/117717

Answer 7

She must not want a baby. You are not to take B.C while pregnant. Dummy