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Terrified I might be pregnant...

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user1479497126 · 18/11/2016 19:43

I'm terrified right now.
I'm on the pill, but I'll admit, I'm terrible at taking it, and last month I had two pill breaks (periods). My period roughly started on Halloween, however I wasn't totally paying attention to the exact date when it started or ended exactly, I just know it was that week.

I started taking the pill again the next week (roughly Tuesday-Thursday). I can't remember the exact date as I was finishing off a pack and starting the next immediately.

I had sex with my boyfriend of almost 2 years on Saturday 12th afternoon (4pm) with a condom, and for the first time in our relationship it split. We went down to Boots and I'd taken the Morning After Pill (Levonelle) within the hour.

It's been haunting me ever since, I'm terrified that because of the dates I could be pregnant. I'm so stupid that I didn't take my pills correctly last month. I've been taking them correctly this month, however I think I started them a day or two late.

Has anyone been in a similar situation?

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user1479497126 · 30/11/2016 22:59

Hi, just an update again.

I took another test the morning after the previous test. Watching that one was terrifying as it looked briefly like it was turning positive. However it was completely invalid, ended up being blank. A few hours later it turned negative.

I started my pill break yesterday (Tuesday) morning, no symptoms apart from a bit of tiredness but I've been away in London for a few days so I'm playing a bit of catch up.

My face has completely broken out in spots and a couple of boils over the past couple of days which I'm hoping is a sign of AF coming soon.

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BestBeastie · 23/11/2016 12:32

That sounds really tough - of course you have gone into overdrive, completely understandable!

I do hope you feel better soon. Take good care of yourself.

x

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user1479497126 · 23/11/2016 11:47

I've just taken a test, my anxiety got the better of me again.

It's negative, which is comforting for now. I'll take another one on the date my period is due.

I'm on medication for depression and anxiety, it gets triggered with change, hence why it's just gone into overdrive

Terrified I might be pregnant...
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BestBeastie · 23/11/2016 11:32
Flowers

You are obviously very worried. Try to calm down. I know this is hard to do.

So it is very unlikely you are pregnant. Please be assured that the statistics are with you on that one.

Can you buy a pregnancy test and use it - first thing tomorrow morning on your first wee. Personally, I think you don't need it (as its very unlikely you are) but if it helps reassure you then that's what you need to do.

Have your thought about seeing your GP for anxiety? You may need to have a discussion about how you're feeling. I know nothing about you - and I am not judging you in any way - but you sound very stressed and unhappy. You don't have to stay feeling like that - there is help out there and it's nothing to be ashamed of or worried about.

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user1479497126 · 23/11/2016 11:16

My anxiety is driving me crazy.
Do I stop taking the pills early?
Should I take a test?

I just don't know what to do 😔

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user1479497126 · 23/11/2016 10:15

No as I'm not finishing this pack of pills until the end of next week

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MrsG280516 · 23/11/2016 10:08

Have you taken a pregnancy test?

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user1479497126 · 23/11/2016 10:02

Sorry to re bump this thread, but after weighing myself this morning for the first time in a while, it's triggered my anxiety again.

I've had issues putting on weight since I was 15 (I'm now 23). I'm usually around the 8st - 8st5 mark, however after weighing myself this morning I'm 8st10.

Usually I'd be happy with this as I haven't weighed this much in 8 years, however with the stress of this month, I can't help but worry that it's something else.

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DearMrDilkington · 18/11/2016 20:04

The success rate of the morning after pill works by how long after sex it was taken. In your case an hour, so it's probably 95-99% effective.

MrsG280516 · 18/11/2016 19:57

It's unlikely because ovulating within days of missing a pill is very unlikely. You may think it's common due to the scare stories you hear but it's really not.

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user1479497126 · 18/11/2016 19:55

Thank you for the responses, I'm curious why people seem so sure though?

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PipersPiping · 18/11/2016 19:55

Yeah i think its unlikely too, do think about the depo or the implant.

DearMrDilkington · 18/11/2016 19:54

Why don't you try the depo injection? No pregnancy scares and usually no periods to worry about either.

Oly5 · 18/11/2016 19:51

Very unlikely you're pregnant under those circumstances!

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user1479497126 · 18/11/2016 19:50

I know, I've read on here about so many people who still became pregnant after taking the morning after pill.

I took it within the hour of having sex, and I'm just worried that I might have been ovulating as I started my pills a couple of days late.

I've taken the pill mainly to regulate periods, rather than contraception. I've been taking it religiously at the same time every day since this has happened.

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DearMrDilkington · 18/11/2016 19:50

Very unlikely your pregnant.

I'd get the implant or depo injection if your struggling to take the pill.

MrsG280516 · 18/11/2016 19:45

If you've taken a morning after pill then it's very unlikely you will be pregnant, try not to worry and try to get better at taking your pill. Could you not switch to the implant instead so you don't have to remember to take it?