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You'd have to be a real classy ladee to need to know this but seriously I do

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claireverityswickedsister · 14/10/2007 12:46

Say you thought you were pregnant (and if so would plan to continue with the pregnancy) but you weren't sure and then you had unprotected sex with another with whom you did not wish to make babies, if you talk the MAP (emergency contraception) in order to prevent pregnancy with sexual partner no. 2, would that have implications on the health of the unconfirmed pregnancy that may or may not exist?

Hope that's clear.

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claireverityswickedsister · 14/10/2007 13:35

Thank you for the advice, opinion and support. It is helping me think my decision through. I may yet ring NHS direct but the shame is considerable.

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WideWebWitch · 14/10/2007 13:36

Hey, if it's any consolation I've been pregnant before and not been 100% sure who the father was (used to be a slapper, am not now and I didn't keep it)

claireverityswickedsister · 14/10/2007 13:45

Thanks WWW. I do think we are a little hung up on these things. We aren't exactly designed to live like swans and whilst from a social perspective it is preferable to be monogamous, procreation-wise slapperdome is kind of more realistic and possibly beneficial.

It is morality versus instinct I feel, which is easier when your life relationship is strong, less so when it's all gone tits up.

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LoRayningNewtsAndFrogs · 14/10/2007 13:56

Did you take the MAP??? or are you considering it?

From what the levonelle website says, if you take this pill it is likely that any as yet unimplanted possible rpeganncy would not happen, and therefore if you were to be pregnant it would be man1's

Personally I would tell your doctor/FAP exactly what you have told us and they would be able to advise you accordingly.

claireverityswickedsister · 14/10/2007 19:52

I haven't taken anything yet.

Essentially, I would not terminate but I DO need to know if I am have conceived with man 2 as I will take MAP to prevent pregnancy. I do not want a baby with man2 at all. I do (sort of) want a baby with man 1 as he has proven record with our existing child) this is regardless of whether our relationship is repaired.

I'm just wondering whether I should wait and see if AF arrives in next 24-48 hrs and then test. If I AF is absent but a pg test is negative then that would indicate conception had occurred with man 2 and thus I could see about MAP or coil then. If i test and Af is absent plus I get a positive result I'll know it is man 1. Right?

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Lulumama · 14/10/2007 19:53

when did you have sex with man 2

the MAP is less and less effective the longer after sex it is taken

you are gambling on an awful lot of maybes here...

LoRayningNewtsAndFrogs · 14/10/2007 21:25

I'd take it, as long as it has been less than 72 hours, of course, as that is the latest it would work. But even then, if you do find out youre pregnant then you wont know for sure whos it is. Also what makes you think you are pregnant???

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