Pregnancy scare
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Jellybean123
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Pregnancy scare
Hey girl. Me and my boyfriend have sex quite often and I started on birth control on March 17th. Up until last month I had perfect use and never missed a pill. In June I missed one pill it was the 10th pill in the pack and I was about 23/24 hours late. I took it as recommended and didn’t have sex for a while. I skipped my break and avoided the bleed due to my holidays and I also changed taking my pill from night till the morning. Me and my boyfriend had sex last week but we always use a condom. Way before the missed pill we had sex but we had breef unprotected for like a minute, other then that he always uses a condom and never finishes. Recently I’ve noticed my belly feels a little more bloated and I have dark brown discharge. I’m really scared of pregnancy but I don’t want to take a pregnancy test. Please help
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Re: Pregnancy scare
Hi there, Jellybean.
Alas, the only way to find out if we're pregnant or not that doesn't involve waiting until a pregnancy is so far along that there's nothing to do about it is to take a pregnancy test. Mind, one late pill is highly unlikely to result in a pregnancy, and it sounds like you've also done a pretty good job with condom use, so a pregnancy doesn't seem likely here. That dark brown discharge is most likely old flow left over from something like a little breakthrough bleeding, which is common when people skip placebo weeks/weeks off while using the pill.
But if you want to know if this is or isn't a pregnancy, you're just going to have to take a test. Personally, I think this is the kind of thing anyone who can become pregnant who chooses to engage in the kinds of sex that can create a pregnancy just needs to learn to get comfortable doing, even if it feels uncomfortable: not knowing truly never feels better than knowing, especially when you're feeling scared. We are here in the event that during or after a test you need or want emotional support or help with whatever your result indicates.
Alas, the only way to find out if we're pregnant or not that doesn't involve waiting until a pregnancy is so far along that there's nothing to do about it is to take a pregnancy test. Mind, one late pill is highly unlikely to result in a pregnancy, and it sounds like you've also done a pretty good job with condom use, so a pregnancy doesn't seem likely here. That dark brown discharge is most likely old flow left over from something like a little breakthrough bleeding, which is common when people skip placebo weeks/weeks off while using the pill.
But if you want to know if this is or isn't a pregnancy, you're just going to have to take a test. Personally, I think this is the kind of thing anyone who can become pregnant who chooses to engage in the kinds of sex that can create a pregnancy just needs to learn to get comfortable doing, even if it feels uncomfortable: not knowing truly never feels better than knowing, especially when you're feeling scared. We are here in the event that during or after a test you need or want emotional support or help with whatever your result indicates.
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