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To think it's unlikely I'm pregnant?

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carmone · 25/01/2024 19:26

If I had my first day of period on 1st January then had sex 3 times (pulled out all three times) on 12/13th of January, is it unlikely I'm pregnant? I haven't been feeling amazing and my boyfriend is freaking out I'm pregnant. Period not due until the 29th January.

OP posts:
MamaBearsss · 26/01/2024 13:22

Get some contraception sorted ffs

missmollygreen · 26/01/2024 13:22

The pull out method? Is it 1962??

Daffodils234 · 26/01/2024 13:30

Any update, OP? Hope you get the answer you want x

StillStuckInTheShed · 26/01/2024 14:00

Hi OP.

It depends on your cycle. If you have a standard 28 day cycle, it's possible you could be pregnant.

If your cycle is longer or shorter, ovulation will also be skewed.

If you have a short cycle you could ovulate from day 7-12.

If your cycle is longer it could be between days 15-18 or even longer.

Not everyone ovulates on day 14, that's a misconception. The length of your cycle determines when you are most likely to concieve.

Best of luck

lollydu · 26/01/2024 14:37

Hmmm withdrawal method doesn't work - I have a 4 year old to prove it. So yes you could be

KreedKafer · 26/01/2024 15:35

It depends what you mean by 'unlikely'.

You had sex three times when you were at your most fertile. The fact that he pulled out certainly reduces the chances of you getting pregnant, but that doesn't mean that the chances of you being pregnant are insignificant.

It might be more unlikely than likely. But unlikely things happen all the time. Statistically it's unlikely that you'll be run over by a car next week, but your odds are still the same as every single person who IS run over car next week.

Basically, you're massively naive and you need to do a pregnancy test. You and your boyfriend also need to arrange contraception.

Whoknowsohyoudo · 26/01/2024 15:45

If you had a small bit of vaginal bleeding anywhere around the 21st 22nd I'd say yes. I had implantation bleeding with both pregnancies it was definitely my early sign of pregnancy, before you'd get a positive pregnancy test. Not everyone gets it though

StarlightLime · 26/01/2024 15:47

Why are both of you "freaking out" that you may be pregnant, yet not using any contraception? How old are you, op?

StarlightLime · 26/01/2024 15:48

FarmGirl78 · 26/01/2024 09:56

All 3 of my friends children are from "pump and spray" method. All 3. You'd think she'd have realised after at least the first 2.

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Thatbloodyhedge · 26/01/2024 15:48

I don't know people are commenting as the OP is not coming back

HalloumiGeller · 26/01/2024 16:23

Why are u not on contraception?! Pulling out is not a method of contraception!

breadandroses92 · 26/01/2024 16:48

HalloumiGeller · 26/01/2024 16:23

Why are u not on contraception?! Pulling out is not a method of contraception!

Honestly I talked to a fertility specialist and told her that we were pulling out for 8 years and still not pregnant. Was I definitely infertile. She said it was a method of contraception and I actually have to try!

So even though I have been 8 years on pull out method and 6 months on rhythm method (pulling out only on fertile days) and 5 months ttc, apparently it's not good enough to be classified as worthy of further investigation. Maybe OP is like me, who knows. I am also 31 and have never been on contraception all my life. I used condoms when I was 21 and stopped when I was 22 and got married.

PyongyangKipperbang · 26/01/2024 16:48

I will never understand why men who absolutely freak out when an unplanned pregnancy happens dont use condoms! And worse, being pissed off with the woman as if she got pregnant all by herself!

A mate went crackers when his GF got pg, went on and on about how he had made it clear he didnt want anymore kids. Said she was on contraception. When I asked him what HE had done to make sure a pg didnt happen he said he shouldnt have needed to. I may have lost my shit a little bit and pointed out that if he was going to use no contraception himself then he had no right to have a go at her if her contraception failed.

Later it came to light that the pregnancy had been very much planned by her, which in his opinion made it not his fault at all. I disagreed and said that actually it proved my point that the only person he could blame was himself as even if she was trying to conceive, she wouldnt have been able to do it if he was using condoms.

We havent really spoken since.

PyongyangKipperbang · 26/01/2024 16:52

I should add in the interests of honesty that I used the pull out/rythm method for 6 years with no scares. A pregnancy wouldnt have been the end of the world but it never happened and we conceived on the third month of trying for DD, so done properly it can be very effective, but I wouldnt have relied on it if a pregnancy would have been a disaster.

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