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Conception

When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Has anyone taken the morning after pill? Will it work after sixty hours?

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popsypie · 31/03/2009 16:20

hi, am new to this so forgive me if I am writing on the wrong page or something. Anyway had a bit of a mad moment of passion with husband on Sat morning. By Monday pm I was stressing about poss of being preg. I was on day 14 of cycle when action took place. Got Levonelle one step after panic set in at midnight last night. Pharmacist was not too reassurring that I had left it too late. If I am preg then it is obviously meant to be but am worried the Levonelle will damage the baby? Am I stressing for nothing? Advice please???!!!

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Joolsiam · 31/03/2009 16:24

Found this that should help

scrooged · 31/03/2009 16:25

You can get the coil fitted aswell, IIRC, you can have this done up to 2 weeks but I may be wrong here. Your GP can advise you better then me.

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popsypie · 31/03/2009 18:27

Thanks Joolsiam that was reassurring. Just feel a bit of an idiot.

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FAQinglovely · 31/03/2009 18:46

I had the MAP approx 10hrs after "the unprotected deed".............the results are currently sat on the dining table flicking baked beans across the room

(so no it didn't work, and he was absolutely fine)

FAQinglovely · 31/03/2009 18:47

sorry - the result is not are (it was only one thank gawd not twins lol )

DisasterEggs · 31/03/2009 18:49

took it once as a reckless teenager about 48 hrs aftr the deed and it worked.
however took it 10 hours after the deed and DD2 turned 11 yesterday.

CarGirl · 31/03/2009 18:50

I took the MAP within the recommend times and she's now 12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have to say with the MAP statistics not that many people who take it would have become pregnant anyway (don't know the pregnancy rate for unprotected sex) so the effectiveness rating they say always seem a bit of a nonsense to me.

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popsypie · 01/04/2009 07:44

Crikey!!!! keep swaying between a bit excited and terrified!! Just wish preg tests can be taken sooner. Guess I have two LONG weeks to wait. Thanks for all your help. x

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Squarah · 01/04/2009 09:37

You can get a coil fitted up to 5 days after your potential ovulation date so it depends on how long your cycle is. If it would really be a disaster and you're totally stressed out about it pop down to a family planning clinic or your GP if they fit coils and ask for one. It will take a while but it's very reliable in preventing pregnancy.

COI: Am training as a family planning doc!

arionater · 02/04/2009 07:59

The theory for the failure of the MAP is that it may prevent ovulation but not (or not usually) implantation - preventing ovulation is actually the only thing they've proven it does. So the failure rate is from people who have already ovulated, which would also explain why it loses efficacy quite quickly - because obviously the longer you leave it the greater the chance that you ovulate in the interim.

But that's not much help for you if you've no idea whether or not you'd ovulated, or were about to, anyway.

But even if you did ovulate at the perfect time for conception, and the MAP had no effect, they say only about a quarter to a third of fertile couples trying to conceive will manage it in any given month so the odds are still on your side!

Sorry that probably wasn't very helpful . . .

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