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Conception

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mini pill and pregnant ? help please!

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herbidacious · 08/01/2008 23:12

am taking the mini pill - micronor, but am a week late which is unusual for me, and my boobs are SO sore! have taken it absolutely religiously, could i really be pregnant, too scared to test. i know statistically there's a risk but have any real people been caught out on the pill?

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NorthernLurker · 08/01/2008 23:17

I'm hoping I'm not pushing my luck posting this but no I've used in on and off for nearly ten years without getting pregnant unintentionally - but - when I've wanted to ttc and stopped it I've got pregnant pretty much instantly. Have you had a vomiting bug- or antibiotics?

amytheearwaxbanisher · 08/01/2008 23:18

yes i have i took it religiously too,was late mild spotting which i mistook for period for four months!must add i was very irregular missed monthes on end before i went on the pill so just thought i was finally settling down due to pillyou are probably just late but best to test oh i think the pill i was on was called yasmin or someting like that

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herbidacious · 08/01/2008 23:30

no bugs or anything i can think of. dp - who i haven't told yet- casually mentioned he'd dreamt i had another baby, which has really freaked me out!!

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NorthernLurker · 08/01/2008 23:33

Oh that's...interesting...my best friend dreamt I was pregnant - a week later I was on the phone sharing our news...maybe you should get a test tomorrow.

susiecutiemincepies · 08/01/2008 23:39

I was on the mini pill, also took it religiously... then realised I was a week or so late... was preg. now about to celebrate my DD's 1st birthday, tomorrow!!

sorry if not what you wanted to hear... erm, also, the overwhelming symptom i felt in that week was really painful sore boobs.

do a test tomorrow... only way to know for sure, and either put your mind at rest, or confirm it... sorry not much more help.

christie1 · 09/01/2008 00:27

don't want to scare you but I was also on the mini-pill and am 4 months pregnant. Still, chances are you are not if you took it religiously. My doctor said the minipill is tricy if you don't take it the same time everyday (which I did not).

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herbidacious · 09/01/2008 09:52

not sure how i feel about it, think i just want to know that i'm not the only one. have 2 dd's and 1 ds already and not sure i can cope with 4. plus, think dp will assume it's my fault!

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christie1 · 09/01/2008 18:48

I was worried about that too. Tell dh about your thread and I counted at least 2 of us in the same boat. My dh wants to sue! He is kidding, I think.

susiecutiemincepies · 10/01/2008 12:47

My DH also talked about suing! I had taken it religiously and always at the same time of day. My GP told me we just really unlucky. As its not 100% fail safe, I guess, the statistics are there, for some that it wont work for IYSWIM? I'd taken the pill for god knows how many years, and dont have a huge brood of children around me, so it had worked all those years.
Isobel is just gorgeous and i'd not change her for all the world, so it was a lucky 'accident' and a fortunate failure!

Let us know hey, if you are ?

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