Possibility of pregnancy- yes or no?

[cattieb]

This starts with a story. I have been taking birth control pills for less than a month. My boyfriend and I had sex two days after my fertile window. This was just four days ago. Before we started he commented that the condom was too small and kept rolling up, but he managed to make it work. After, he said that it rolled a little and some semen had leaked through the bottom. Furthermore, after he ejaculated, he continued for a few more thrusts. I am expecting my period within the next seven to ten days. I will be taking my placebo pill during this time obviously. Will I still get the period? If I do, could I still possibly be pregnant?

[Heather]

Just so you know, there's no such thing as a fertile window for people using the pill (and unless you've had very regular cycles and are very adept at charting your fertility using a sound method and analyzing the data, you probably never really had an accurate idea of when that was to begin with). Once you start the pill, you're on it's cycle, and it suppresses ovulation, so there's no more fertile time in your cycle.

We can't ever predict when or if people will get periods or withdrawal bleeds, and that can be particularly unpredictable when just starting a hormonal method.

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