Feel an idiot about emergency contraception...

[Tigerstar123]

So, I've been on the pill for hundreds of years and had to come off it. I had the coil, but my body pushed it out.
Since then, I've not used any hormonal contraception and relied on condoms.

So, Friday night, gets frisky. Too frisky. No condom. I trot off in the morning and take levonelle. Well, it's emergency contraception isn't it and is meant to do something.

I then went to have an implant fitted, already booked months ago. Chatting as you do and I tell her about Friday.

Here's the bomb, the Dr said that it works to prevent ovulation and due to the date of my last period I had already ovulated. Just to add, the implant won't do anything to prevent pregnancy, unlike say the coil would.

So, I feel a right fool. I'm in my 40s, what I thought was pretty clued up on sexual health, and yet I didn't know the ec may not work. Please tell me I'm not a total idiot and other ppl didn't know either. Why aren't things like this taught at school for example.

I'm dreading the next few weeks until I can do a test. Anyone any thoughts/ reassurance about whether it may have worked??

Thanks!

It doesn't only act on ovulation, it reduces chances of implantation as well, so even if fertilised by the sperm, it could still not manage to attach because of the thinner lining.

Thank you so much for the info!

It always baffles me that this isn't more widely known about how MAP works. That it isn't part of the information they tell you about it at any stage.
I only found out when it didn't work for me (not wanting to worry you, it was when I was in my particularly fertile early thirties)
Fingers crossed for you

Agree, the secondary affects may be sufficient