effectiveness rates and pregnancy tests

[Hearth6]

What is the effectiveness rate of having sex on day 26 of a 28 day cycle plus using the withdrawal method? If I used a pregnancy test the morning after, would it be accurate? We only had sex once this month.

How safe of a method is this?

[Stephanie]

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