Likelihood of accidentally getting pregnant from this?

[hereforthefood]

So I'm on the combined pill and have been for a few months now.

I was visiting family with my bf over the weekend and spent Friday and Saturday getting very drunk and staying up until 5am both nights. I had unprotected sex leading up to, and including, Friday and Saturday.

Now I usually take my pill just before bed so, as you can probably imagine, I ended up forgetting to take it on those days. When I realised on Sunday I didn't take either Friday or Saturday's pill, I just took Sunday's and made a mental note to keep an eye on things just in case.

The two pills I missed were in the last week of my pack, I believe I had about 4 days left until I was meant to take a break. I don't usually take breaks (once every 3 months, any longer and I start getting breakthrough bleeding mid-pack), but this month does happen to be break month.

I've now encountered some unfortunate circumstances; I have left the rest of my pills at my bf's house and neither of us are able to go get them for a number of days, I don't have any more pill packets to hand, and I am unable to get anymore until I have an appointment with a doctor (recently moved, no current GP and impossible to go to a walk-in clinic).

All this to say, I missed 2 days of my pill, took 2 days as normal, and am now effectively taking my 7 day break 2 days early as I can't get ahold of any more at this moment. I have also been having very regular, unprotected sex consistently throughout this whole chain of events.

I wouldn't consider myself super fertile (have missed loads of pills in past years and never gotten pregnant, plus I have suspected PCOS) but I'm worried that having this break so soon after missing 2 pills in a row and potentially not having any to start taking come the end of my break may stir my ovaries into unwanted action.

Anybody got any advice they can give me?

So how many threads have you started, then?

For someone who’s ‘convinced’ they can’t be pregnant, you sure seem worried you’re pregnant.

I counted 22 which were specifically pregnancy related. Yes, i'm petty like that...

Why are you lying @hereforthefood ? You know it's easily verified, don't you? It's pathetic.

It really is very reliable if done properly (ie men actually pull out). Of course no method of contraception is 100%, but you are highly unlikely to get pregnant using this method.

The only person making massive assumptions is you!! I have no idea why you think the OP wants a baby she said she doesn’t , or why you think her partner is a victim- we have absolutely no insight into his feelings whatsoever.

i wasn’t talking about the OP, I was explaining why I think men should take responsibility for themselves instead of blaming women for unwanted pregnancies (in general).

Wow you're all soooooo smart, you've caught me! I've made 11 threads! All of them about symptoms and shit from when I was with my previous partner, when there was a good chance I could end up pregnant at any moment and was excited to talk to other women about it!

Commenting on other people's posts doesn't mean I created them, genius.

Regardless of weather the OP is being irresponsible now, I don't think it's fair bringing up threads the OP made almost 12+ months ago.

What….?

You are the one suggesting the OP wants a child, not me….? From your post:

”but I also think it’s shitty behaviour to place the entire contraceptive burden on someone else , especially if you suspect that they might actually want a child!”

@Tandora
It [pulling out] really is very reliable if done properly (ie men actually pull out). Of course no method of contraception is 100%, but you are highly unlikely to get pregnant using this method.

You've just proven that you know absolutely nothing about contraception and getting pregnant. Good lord. I can't believe you actually typed that out, let alone believe it.

It would sadly seem a lot of people on here need basic biology lessons.

Right?

It’s so irresponsible to give advice like this.

There is actual contraception available, which is much more reliable than the withdrawal method.

The withdrawal method relies on:

• tracking your cycle carefully so as to avoid sex around ovulation.

• the man withdrawing in time, every time.

• no pre-cum ever being present (and who checks for that?).

Combine all of the above with the fact that withdrawing every single time, without fail, makes for pretty shit sex - and the risk of pregnancy lies entirely with the women - it’s essentially the worst way to both have sex AND prevent pregnancy.

You've made 24. 2 appeared unrelated to pregancy.

I mean it’s true 💁🏼‍♀️ But you are welcome to believe what you like

Ahahahahahaha

Lemme quote the planned parenthood website:

So in real life, about 22 out of 100 people who use withdrawal get pregnant every year — that’s about 1 in 5.

An almost 50% of pregnancy over 2 years of pulling out - is that what you call highly effective?

Hilarious!

Yes, I said they have to actually withdraw , obviously. That’s like saying condoms only work if you actually wear one every time.

you don’t need to track your cycle.

Precum doesn’t have sperm in it-
it is possible that sperm could leak into it, but unlikely, and highly unlikely enough to get someone pregnant.

That’s only because people don’t actually pull out.

Yes, you do need to track your cycle, if you don’t want to get pregnant - so as to avoid having sex at your fertile time.

As @RandomMusings7 has indicated - the failure rate (probably all the people not tracking their cycle and not withdrawing on time!) is very high.

Significantly higher than other methods of (actual) contraception.

And how exactly do you propose a woman might ensure her partner is the rare specimen who has perfect pull out technique every single time, genius?

It's a method where the woman relinquishes all control and places full trust is a man's ability to control a very strong physiological urge.

You seriously think it's a good idea to recommend it to people?

NO the failure rate is because people don’t pull out- pp say this on their website. It’s nothing to do with tracking your cycle. If you don’t pull out of course you are likely to get pregnant.

I’m not recommending it to women!!

I’m recommending it to men if they want to avoid getting a woman pregnant.

it’s really not remotely difficult for a man to pull out if he wants/ chooses to.

Amen.

Also "abstinence isn't an option"

OMG!

it’s really not remotely difficult for a man to pull out if he wants/ chooses to.

so what you're saying is that for the 22% of couples who get pregnant it's simply because the men chose not to pull out? Were they trying to baby trap the women then? If it's so easy to do, why are men so very bad at it? Do explain...

Except it IS difficult, because so many of them don’t seem able to do it….?

And the result is: pregnancy!

Not a risk many women want to take.

Stop posting irresponsible guff on the internet.

I took loads of chances and never got pregnant. Until I did. It only takes one. Stop bitching at people here and sort your contraception out.

people aren’t being judgey, they’re extrapolating from what you’ve said.

Yes- its because they choose not to pull out.

I think a small minority of men are indeed trying to get women pregnant- yes.
but for the vast majority, it is just carelessness/ lack of focus on the consequences.

the double standards on this thread are appalling.
As soon as someone suggests men should take some responsibility for where they put their dick, it’s “oh poor men, they can’t possibly be expected to do that, their biological urges and all”, and “HOW absurd to think that all those men who accidentally don’t pull out might be even be responsible for their actions. What a notion! am I suggesting they might deliberately be trying to baby-trap a woman- what (male) person would do that!”

Yet, a woman forgets to take a couple of pills, and it’s - “HOW DARE SHE, her poor unsuspecting partner, what a manipulative liar she is , deliberately trying to deceive her partner into getting pregnant…”

Stop trying to twist this into a misogyny discussion. It isn't :)

If you miss a few pills and don't immediately tell your partner who you have previously agreed with that you would handle contraception and instead proceed to continue to have unprotected sex with him then you are a selfish cow. There.