[bookworm88]

Okay, here are the facts of the situation & I'm hoping that someone can help me decide if it's necessary to take the Plan B pill or not to avoid pregnancy:

-My boyfriend & I had unprotected sex last night
-I'm not on birth control
-He didn't ejaculate inside of me
-I should be starting my period within the next week - specifically in 4 days (typically every 21 days)...

With all things considered should I be concerned about the possibility of pregnancy?

Thank you for your help!

[BabyGirl]

You should be concerned anytime you have unprotected Sex and not on any Birth Control.
Are you wanting to get Pregnant ? Are you and he stable enough in the relationship and financially able to go through with having a baby at this time ?

If your answer is No to any of those questions. Be responsible, either Stop having sex until you are protected by Birth Control or insist he use a condom. No Condom no Intercourse.

I would use plan B just to make sure. But Honey...
If you feel you are Mature and Responsible enough to have sex, please be Mature and Responsible enough to Not Risk an Unplanned Pregnancy.. While Plan B is a great Emergency BC, it is in effect a Chemically Induced Abortion ,if the sperm has actually fertilized the egg, if not then it is like taking a Double Dose of BC.

If you are willing to use Plan B, you should see your Gyno or Clinic and get on Regular BC anyway. Just remember to read the Pamphlet that comes with BC, Ask your Dr. if you don't understand something .. Take your Pills on Time and with Regularity.

Good Luck..

[Ashlee T.]

Unless you are charting your cycles by taking your basal body temp each morning before getting out of bed, then you have no way of truly knowing when you ovulate. Therefore, you have no way of truly knowing if you were in a high risk for pregnancy. Many women don't ovulate at the exact same time every cycle. If I were trying to avoid pregnancy, I'd consider the morning after pill. But I'd promise myself that I'd never be put in the situation willingly again.

Though I don't agree that the morning after pill is a chemically induced abortion (Is it really an abortion when there is no implantation??? A woman doesn't even begin producing the pregnancy hormone until implantation in the uterine wall occurs which can be up to two weeks past the intercourse...) I do agree that the morning after pill should not be used as birth control. If you're opposed to the birth control pill (I am), consider condoms or diaphragm in conjunction with daily temp charting.

[BabyGirl]

Though I don't agree that the morning after pill is a chemically induced abortion (Is it really an abortion when there is no implantation??? A woman doesn't even begin producing the pregnancy hormone until implantation in the uterine wall occurs which can be up to two weeks past the intercourse...) I do agree that the morning after pill should not be used as birth control.

I was in very much the same mind as BD here until I read more about the Tubal Pregnancy, That is why I said " If the Sperm has already fertilized the Egg ". And I did some research on it .

The morning-after pill may stop ovulation, if an egg has not already been released. In some cases, this may prevent fertilization from occurring. It may also interrupt the woman's normal menstrual cycle, which would interfere with conception as well.

Usually, the pill will irritate the uterine wall, so that a fertilized embryo (fetus) will be rejected from the woman's body and die.

This is known as a chemically-induced abortion, and this is the ultimate risk of the morning-after pill.

Pro-choice (pro-abortion) advocates will argue that a pregnancy does not begin until the fertilized egg is implanted in the uterine wall. Pro-life advocates will contend that it starts with the meeting of egg and sperm. (How else would an ectopic PREGNANCY be possible, when the fetus begins growing in a fallopian tube?)

Which makes it an interesting topic, If one can be Pregnant in the Tube instead of the Uterus, are they still Pregnant ? Called an Etopic Pregnancy
In a normal pregnancy, your ovary releases an egg into your fallopian tube. If the egg meets with a sperm, the fertilized egg moves into your uterus to attach to its lining and continues to grow for the next 9 months.

But in up to 1 of every 50 pregnancies, the fertilized egg stays in your fallopian tube. In that case, it's called an ectopic pregnancy or a tubal pregnancy. In rare cases, the fertilized egg attaches to one of your ovaries or another organ in your abdomen. In either case, instead of celebrating your pregnancy, you find your life is in danger. Ectopic pregnancies require emergency treatment.

Most often, ectopic pregnancy happens within the first few weeks of pregnancy. You might not even know you're pregnant yet, so it can be a big shock. Doctors usually discover it by the 8th week of pregnancy.

Ectopic pregnancies can be scary and sad. The baby cannot survive, so it's a loss that may take some time to get over. It may comfort you to know that if you have an ectopic pregnancy, you'll likely be able to have a healthy pregnancy in the future.

But either way .

What a concept! Take a pill, and reverse conception!
The morning-after pill does not always prevent pregnancy. Often, it may abort a pregnancy instead.

Although it has been labeled an EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE, this after-the-fact pharmaceutical is not a contraceptive. Usually, it does not prevent conception at all, although it may terminate a fertilized embryo.

Seen by many as a stop-gap measure, after the deed is done, the morning-after pill may only destroy what conception may already have occurred.

WHAT IS THE MORNING-AFTER PILL?

Actually, it is an extremely high dosage of a regular birth control pill. (Usually, it is at least two times the normal potency.) Administered during the 72-hour time frame after unprotected intercourse, the pill is supposed to end a potential pregnancy.
The morning-after pill may be estrogen, progesterone, or a combination of both.

The thing here is ..
The Morning after Pill, should not be your Birth Control , other Forms of Birth Control, should be used , As BD has said , there are other forms.