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next day pill question! [update: everything worked out]
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hey guys. so last night my girlfriend and I were having protected sex and we thought the condom might have slipped a little so just to be safe I picked up some emergency contraceptives this morning. she took them around 5:30 this afternoon and everything seemed okay. well, we ended up having sex again tonight (poor choice?) and as luck would have it the same thing happened! this was around 9:30. normally I'd be happy to go buy the pill again but I'm a broke college student and I won't have the money for a little while. I'm wondering if the pill she took earlier will still be effective for what happened tonight. she took the 2nd pill right after it happened just to be safe but I know this isn't how it's supposed to be done and I want to make sure we'll be okay. please answer soon, we're both a little panicked right now. thanks!
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Kids are more expensive than the morning after pill, I can assure you of this. Talk to the pharmacist, they can tell you without a doubt what is up.
If I have to borrow money I will but I'd rather not as I'll have no way of paying anybody back for a long time and on top of that our relationship is kind of a secret right now for reasons that I'd rather not get into. of course it's trivial compared to pregnancy and if I have to borrow money or make our relationship public I will but I'd like to explore other options while I can.
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edit: okay. I'm going to talk to my nurse but it seems like I'm going to have to get my hands on a pill somehow. thanks guys, I'll let you know what happens.
I think $10 a month is cheaper than buying pills when your condom slips and as long as she stays regular has an amazing success rate.
Check your local health department as well. Many areas have assisted family planning services. My fiancee didn't have to pay for her birth control at all for a long time.
Unfortunately not as cheap as it used to be. It used to be that the big companies would sell BC to colleges really cheap in the hopes of developing brand loyalty among the female students, but the laws changed and they can't do that anymore. I think it had something to do with Medicare/Medicaid? Along the lines of you can't sell medications to anyone cheaper than you do to those programs?
But still check into it, I know some private groups tried to subsidize the difference at many colleges. It was ~$7 a month when I was in college to be on BC. Also planned parenthood fees are based on a sliding scale so if you make no money you don't have to pay anything and if you don't make very much you don't pay very much. Planned parenthood will also insert IUDs into nullips on the same sliding scale if your gf is interested in something longer term/non-hormonal.
EDIT: Also, it may be cheaper to get a prescription for a single pack of normal BC and keep it around the house in case this happens again. Her doctor should be able to prescribe one of the brands that works well as after the fact contraception and tell your gf exactly how to take it and that way it would already be in the house as it is more effective if taken immediately despite being popularly called the morning after pill.
Sure it does happen, but I would say thats the minority. Take it is a lesson on proper withdrawl. You really are supposed to keep one hand on the end when pulling out. Now if its slipping off mid action, then you need to size down
the condoms have been slipping off as I'm pulling out when I'm no longer erect. i'm pretty inexperienced at this so it didn't occur to me to keep a hand down there to make sure it stays on. will do in the future.
thanks again, looks like everything is going to be fine.
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Planned parenthood does everything on a sliding scale. What they charge her will depend on what she makes no matter what services she chooses to access.
This is no longer true everywhere. The PP here is now flat fee, as was the PP in my home town before I moved a few years back. They are reduced cost still, just not as reduced as they used to be. Also, not every PP does abortion services, they're still a good first stopping place. They almost all will have people that you can talk to about your options.
Breathe. Before you freak go to PP, get a professional pregnancy test. Talk to someone about your options. If you have to borrow money from friends, family, whoever for the procedure then do so if that is the solution you both want. Talk to your girlfriend. Let her talk to you. Try to think calmly about everything. I know it seems impossible, but just calm down and breathe.
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If his location is correct every PP in CT does offer abortions and does have the sliding scale.
Birth control, including Depo, does not contain hCG and would not cause a false positive. She was either taking something with hGC (unlikely but possible I guess), letting it sit too long or she misread the test.
I dunno, I was in the room with her when the doctor said the shot would throw off the home tests. I'm not going to pretend I would've understood the reasoning. Maybe the doctor just wanted to bill us for pregnancy tests.
False positives are not common and getting frequent false positives is incredibly rare. It actually can be a sign of certain illnesses or if they were only happening during a specific time could be because of a chemical pregnancy.
I wasn't clear, we weren't getting false positives all the time - the doctor told us that would happen when she started getting the shot. Anyway, it doesn't matter, the relationship was over like 5 years ago and we're kind of derailing the thread now.
And you mentioned she's been on plan B this cycle. That can certainly mess with the flow. Dunno about false positives, but its not outside the realm of reason.
I would suggest waiting for about 4 days, buying two kits (two gives you about the same accuracy as a doctors test) and checking again. Then get that shit confirmed with a blood test and conception date. Because the bio-math seems a bit off here.
you should consider pulling out from here on out.
You may want to be thankful that she can get pregnant.My sister-in-law has had two miscarriages in the last few months and my own fiance and I have had months of unprotected sex since April with no pregnancy which can mean either she or I are infertile.
In my opinion,its time to step up.Find a job,your school can work around that,or vice-versa and take care of that girl and the baby that YOU put inside her.She deserves your love and respect in a moment like this.If she is willing to have an abortion,then I hope for the best for the two of you,but I can't imagine ever doing that to the woman I love.
Also,the way those pills work is they overload her system with progesterone to convince her bodily systems that it is already pregnant to prevent the pregnancy.It is entirely possible that it is nothing more than a chemical pregnancy.Get a blood test and hope for the best,whichever outcome you think that us.
We don't need to start an ethical and moral fight here.It was just an opinion.Keep your unneeded quips to yourself please.
To stay on topic, OP I think planned parenthood might be your best bet. You can also google for abortion clinics in your area and get information from them. If you're planning on keeping the child, there are plenty of resources for that as well from planned parenthood.
http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/pregnancy-tests.cfm#d
I'm sure you've already done it, but make an appointment with PP immediately, you might also want to make an appointment with her doctor if she has a specific one but its up to you two.
Be honest with the doctor about your monetary situation, they can help you guys out
Also, dont let anyone tell you what to do "moral" wise. Ignore havok and ignore adambomb and everyone else. Nobody cares what they would do or what they think. If your girlfriend wants an abortion, get an abortion.
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I concur.But he did ask for advice.I was just giving mine.Didn't mean to start anything.
Yes.
Maybe.
That was actually going to be my point.
Er.....I'm not trying to be a problem here,but he did ask.
Which is what I gave,advice in the absence of abortion.I don't want ceres to ban me on my first real week of activity here....