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I have been having unprotected sex and there might be a chance that I could be pregnant. I don't want a kid, so I want to terminate any chance of pregnancy by taking birth control pills, because i am unable to pay for Plan B.

Answer 1

Sweetie why would you have unprotected sex if you didn't want the chance of getting pregnant?
Plan B isn't a how bunch of B/C pills wrapped up in one. It has other stuff in it too. Plus if you think that you are pregnant it is too late for Plan B.
Also Plan B should not be used as a form of B/C.
Think about this for a second.....If you are unable to pay for Plan B then you are unable to pay for a child.
Figure out a way to get on the pill, or get some condoms...Lots of places give them out for free (like school) and uses them will help protect you and your partner from lots of things other than just pregnancy.

Answer 2

Here's some very good info on the Plan B pill,
read and decide for yourself.

http://coolnurse.healthology.com/main/article.aspx?content_id=3808&focus_handle=contraception&nlcid=hgy|newsletter|sexual-01-02-07|link2

Contraception
Plan B Particulars: The Facts You Need to Know
Author: Karen Barrow
Medically Reviewed On: September 01, 2006

The Food and Drug Administration has decided that women over the age of 18 will not need a prescription to purchase Plan B, a form of emergency contraception, while younger girls will need permission from a doctor. Unlike other forms of contraception, this drug allows women to lower their risk of getting pregnant after they engage in unprotected sex.

Putting aside your political stance or whatever ethical or moral qualms you have about either side of the argument, it is important to understand how Plan B works. Here are the facts:

What is Emergency Contraception?
Emergency contraception, sometimes called emergency birth control, is used to prevent a women who has had unprotected sex from becoming pregnant. It is not meant to be used routinely, but only in particular instances, such as when:

* Birth control is forgotten entirely
* A condom breaks or comes off
* A woman forgets to take two or more birth control pills in a row
* A woman is late in getting a birth control injection
* A woman is forced to have unprotected sex

It is important to realize that, like the birth control pill, patch and injections, emergency contraception does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases, such as HIV, herpes and chlamydia.

Also emergency contraception only works before a woman becomes pregnant. In other words, it must be taken before the egg is fertilized for it to be effective.

What is Plan B?
Plan B is a type of emergency contraception approved by the FDA. It is prescribed as a packet of two pills containing synthetic progestin, a type of hormone naturally made in a woman's body.

The drug works in the same way as a typical birth control pill in that it prevents the release of an egg from the ovary so fertilization cannot happen. If ovulation has already occurred, Plan B can also prevent the sperm from fertilizing the egg.

Plan B is ineffective, however, once fertilization happens and the egg is implanted into the woman's uterus. That's why the first Plan B pill must be taken within the first 72 hours after having unprotected sex. The sooner Plan B is taken after intercourse, the more effective it is. Twelve hours later, a second pill is taken. According to the manufacturer's website, "When you take Plan B as directed, you reduce your risk for pregnancy by up to 89 percent."

Is Plan B the Same as the Abortion Pill?
No. You may have heard Plan B called the "morning after pill", but it is significantly different than the abortion pill, RU-486. That drug is used to end an existing pregnancy by causing the uterus to force out the fertilized egg. Plan B only prevents a pregnancy, it cannot end a pregnancy. And it shouldn't be taken by pregnant women for that purpose.

However, if the drug is taken after fertilization of the egg, there is no evidence that Plan B will in any way effect the pregnancy.

Are There any Risks of Taking Plan B?
The most common side effects of Plan B impact menstruation, causing early or late periods and lighter or heavier menstrual bleeding. Nausea, abdominal pain, dizziness and breast tenderness may also occur.

If you vomit after taking Plan B, the National Women's Health Information Center advises you to call a doctor for advice.

Also, there is still the risk that you may become pregnant even after taking Plan B. So, if you do not begin menstruation in three weeks, or have other symptoms of pregnancy, consider taking a pregnancy test or seeing a doctor.

Answer 3

Pregnancy doesn't happen until a fertilized egg implants in the uterine wall. That's when the pregnancy hormone is released and when a pregnancy test will show up positive, only after that has happened. Plan B can prevent you from ovulating or prevent a fertilized egg from implanting. Your friend may think this because she might believe life begins at conception and conception happens when the sperm meets the egg; before the fertilized egg implants itself in the uterus. Technically it's not an abortion because you can't get an abortion unless you're already pregnant and Plan B wont cause a fertilized egg to unattached from the uterine lining.

Answer 4

Birthcontrol will not abort. My sister didn't know she was pregnant and took the pills for 4 months before she found out she was pregnant and still gave birth to a healthy baby boy. Go find out if you are pregnant and if not be more careful from now on. Pregnancy isn't the only thing to worry about there are much worse things like HIV out there that will kill you. You can always give a baby up for adoption to a loving home.

Answer 5

I have no idea of the accuracy of what I am including in the quotes, but I will also provide the source it came from. I highly suggest you doing whatever necessary to get the money for Plan B. Pawn your tv or something else if you have to, then get it back when you can afford to. Or go to one of those payday loan places and get the money, just find a way to get what you need.

"Progestin-only EC (e.g., Plan-B) requires taking up to 50 times the usual daily dose of this hormone within a 12-hour period. Preven, and combined oral contraceptives (COC) when used as EC, requires taking four to eight times the usual daily COC dose within a 12-hour period. Common side effects of EC are nausea, abdominal pain, fatigue, headache, dizziness, breast tenderness, vomiting, diarrhea, and bleeding."

Answer 6

Coming from someone who lost a child due to SIDS something I didn't cause it sucks. If you didn't want a child you should have used protection or closed you're f****** legs and stop having sex. Women know the what can happen by having sex protected or not. I am against abortion. Some women that actually want kids can't and there are people who williingly KILL THEM. It is Wrong I'm sorry that is my opinion.

Answer 7

i dont know exactly. i tried to figure it out before too. waht u have to do is go online and get the prescribing information for Plan B and find out how much of what kinda hormones is in it. then do the prescribing info for the kind of birth control pill u are using and see how much of the hormone in plan B is in it ( think its levongestrol ) then do the math mulitiplacation or whatever and figure it out. i tried to figure it out before and was unsuccesfful so i took 2 weeks of ortho tri cyclen. i think it worked but was pregnant the next month so i dont know. good luck

Answer 8

When I was younger (16, 17) Plan B was free the two times I took it...do you go to your local clinic? That's where I went. I told them I didn't have a job...and it was free. Along with my birth control that I never kept up on. :)

Answer 9

Plan b uses a drug that isn't used in most birth control pills anymore.

Answer 10

go to your nearest health department or free clinic and get plan b. there's no gaurantee that anything else would work and you'd be more likely to cary the baby and it be born with some sort of defect . personally i think you should carry the baby and do an adoption, at least then you wouldn't have the chance of felling like **** for killing an innocent life