Probability of pregnancy and taking the morning after pill twice?
Hi, my girlfriend and I recently had two contraceptive failures in quick succession.
(Edit: Before any more stupid, unhelpful replies come: If you're just going to point to contraception or make some other stupid remarks, don't bother! We've been using contraception very conscientiously and successfully for five years, and this is the first time we've had two really stupid mishaps in a row. That's what happens. We know we screwed up. Just shut up! That's why we don't know anything about the morning-after pill. We've never had to deal with such topics. I'm explicitly asking for clarification.)
The first problem occurred on Sunday (April 7). The next morning, my girlfriend immediately got the morning-after pill. Everything was fine, although ovulation was very, very close… Her last period was on March 27, and she generally has a very regular 27-day cycle. So, if I'm not mistaken, ovulation should have been around the 8th. So maybe it didn't work at all. 😬
Yesterday (April 14th) we had the second mishap. If the first pill worked, ovulation should have been delayed by about five days, around April 13th, right? So it's possible we were lucky.
If she got pregnant, it would be really inconvenient for both of us right now, because neither of us has a university degree and would have to turn our entire lives upside down. Neither of us wants an abortion, but maybe there's no other option… It's also so bad because we both want to have children together later, but it's just not possible right now, or unfortunately, it just has to be done…
By the way, we went to a pharmacy yesterday, but they didn't give my girlfriend any. Why not? Are there any serious risks involved, or is this just a requirement to ensure the morning-after pill is actually taken in an emergency and not used as a contraceptive?
– In our case, it was really a very stupid mishap. Taking the morning-after pill isn't a decision my girlfriend makes lightly either. –
Does it make sense in our situation and is it even possible to take a second morning-after pill in the same cycle?
How exactly does the pill work? It shifts your cycle through hormones or something, but what exactly is going on?
Will your next period be delayed? If so, when can you expect it?
How likely do you think it is that my girlfriend is pregnant?
What options do we have then? How does abortion work (we'd really rather not)? Is there support for unwanted pregnancies? Is there financial support if we decide to keep such a child?
Any other advice on what we should do?
Does anyone have any reassurances? We're both very agitated by this.
Thank you in advance and best regards!
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Hello, great for the first time you’re here for you and your girlfriend. Unfortunately, you can only wait until your girlfriend can make a urine pregnancy test. From 18 days after intercourse, such a result shows a safe result. It would take as long as enough of the pregnancy hormone HCG is formed. That would be the test. This would be about towards the end of next week, if it had become pregnant by the GV on 7.4. or correspondingly later, it should have become pregnant on 14.4.
It can’t be guessed if your girlfriend is pregnant or not. Even if it otherwise has a regular cycle of 27 days, the ovulation can always move. Sometimes due to stress or illness. Knowing it can only be seen by your girlfriend when she observes her cycle according to the sympot-thermal method.
If the days around the ovulation are not clear, it is not possible to say what the pill has done. It is also not possible to say how many days this pill could have moved the ovulation. The information on the package leaflets is average and no woman is the same as the other.
It’s best if your girlfriend doesn’t take any more pills after that and waits for the days to test them. Then you’ll see. You both don’t want to be pregnant. You don’t have to. Even if you are young and you are studying, there are good support options for young couples. You can make yourself smart. It’s great that you want kids. And again – great that you as a young man are so struggling and inquired! Write if you or your girlfriend have any questions 👋
Thank you for your help and much strength for the waiting period. Maybe your girlfriend may report herself here if she has any questions ðŸTM‚
Hi, thank you very much for the detailed answer. I really enjoyed it! She didn’t take any more pill after that and we just wait. The panic has flew. We think or hope that the probability is quite low. And if something happened, we’ll get it. There are currently no questions, if necessary only in 1-2 weeks, it should have gone wrong. Thank you for answering more questions for your offer! LG
Sure. And that doesn’t matter, but now I’m happy for both of you! You were really lucky, all the good of you continued!
Hi, I’m sorry I didn’t log back. I didn’t look again at Gutfrage.de. Thank you again for your support and the Council! We were lucky. Nothing happened. 😅
Hey, I’d like to ask how you and your girlfriend are. Is there anything new? I’m very good at you, I think you’re writing if something happened, you’re gonna get it. I’m sure she’s doing great for her as a woman if she knows you’re always standing with her. Greetings from my girlfriend
Very happy – I hope the best with you 👍
Hello!
For the first time, I think it’s great that you deal so carefully with everything and listen to your girlfriend and ask.
Pill after and also the “normal pill” are hormones that change the natural cycle. The pill then quite unpredictable because you don’t know what hormone status in your girlfriend’s normal cycle is taking.
But even with pill (i.e. regular, I mean) there can be a pregnancy. “Tropi” some say to the child.
So don’t worry what others think or say. No contraceptive is 100% safe.
Besides the cycle very well to know and have no GV on fertile days.
The normal cycle is hormonal like ebb and flood (to make it understandable in an image). There are great hormonal differences (estrogens in the first, progesterone in the second cycle phase).
Your girlfriend’s cycle is no longer the one he was and has to settle back. Looking for an ovulation due to experience is not possible due to the hormones of the pill.
It doesn’t have to have come to pregnancy. Couples who want to get pregnant are waiting on average (!) for three months. Others really very long, even years.
You’re good at talking to your girlfriend. You need another plan, I think. A test is meaningful after 18-20 days after the (each) panne. To your safety.
And she can pay attention to cervical mucus. This is shown externally at the vaginal entrance or at the toilet paper or at the underwear. Many women know that, but do not know the meaning. Zervixschleim is a sign of fertility. GV with condom is not safe either. In the surely infertile phase, on the other hand, you don’t need a condom. There’s nothing there that could be fertilized.
I’ll push you the thumbs that there hasn’t been a pregnancy right now. And perhaps this time, where you are so frightened, is a passage to “life with fertility”, as you might say. A man is always fruitful. A woman just a certain time in the cycle. The focus is on it and the willingness to renounce (maybe the harsh challenge) – and the trembling with VH funds can be saved.
Happy birthday! And I like to write, I know myself well with the topic – I’m asking you a friend.
Thank you very much for the detailed explanations! It’s really nice that there are still people who have dealt with my question properly.
Hahaha, willingness to renounce is definitely there.
We do not have any further questions, but thank you for the offer! LG
Completely properly traded by the pharmacy! The pill after that is your contraceptive. Are you not aware of how this drug affects the body? As long as you are not able to properly prevent it, let it stay. So far excitement doesn’t hurt you now.
Rubber & pill solves the problem