I think I might be pregnant 10 weeks pp

[momkoul]

I’m 10 weeks pp, I started having sex again pretty soon after which was unprotected but dh did pull out, I then started the pill at 3 weeks pp, & took my first period at 5 weeks pp, I use the flo app & according to it my period is now 8 days late , my last period was the 14th September, I’m not thinking too much of this as maybe my period are just regulating themselves after a baby & the pill could also be the reason.

but I definitely have symptoms exactly like the ones I had when I found out with my baby. The day before I found out I was pregnant I had painful cramping in my left side , last night I had this. Also about a week before I found out I had a random emotional breakdown & last night I was the exact same, this only happened twice in my life, before I found out I was pregnant with dh and last night. Before I found out with dh I also had insomnia for some reason I could not for the life of me switch off , last night I was the EXACT same could not sleep even tho baby sleeps through the night.

I don’t know, I’m convinced. But I suppose this means I would have fell pregnant on the pill? Am I being crazy? I would like to add the first week of using the pill we used condoms to let the pill kick in.

I can’t take a test until tonight which I will, so I’ll update , I am so scared , I would be so disappointed to be honest .

I have been meaning to test for a few days now because I just have a feeling but I’m TOO scared to see those 2 lines pop up.

suppose I’m posting this for support IF I am…

is it likely? My head is all over the place atm

You're going to be all over the place anyway OP, it could just be hormones settling down. Xx

Pulling out isn't contraception. So you had unprotected sex while extra fertile. Pregnancy is certainly a possibility. The first 'period' could have been a response to the hormones in the pill or implantation bleeding.

Why people who claim to really not want to get pregnant are simultaneously happily having unprotected sex is beyond me!

Hope its just your hormones resettling and you've learnt a valuable lesson in contraception!

She will not have been extra fertile in the 1st 3 weeks. Contraception is advised from 21 days after birth. It will likely be hormone changes after the birth plus the pill that has caused the late 'period'

Hope OP returns with more info

How do you know whether other people are taking it consistently or not unless you are with them every single day at the time they take their pill?

You don't.

People lie, to themselves and to others. Not many women want to admit that they took their pill maybe 5 days out of 7, when they remembered, and ended up pregnant as a result. So most of them will claim to be the 0.01% when statistically, they can't all be.

Let's return to that 92% with typical use figure.

That means that with typical use, 8 women in every 100 will become pregnant every year.

If you have regular unprotected sex for a year you have around an 80-90% chance of becoming pregnant, depending on your level of fertility.

Even the most fertile women who are not on any kind of contraception at all only have around a 20% chance of being fertile at any given time because you can only get pregnant on the day you ovulate or in the 5 days or so beforehand. So if 8% of women are getting pregnant on the pill with typical use, it may well be the case that as many as 40% of women aren't using it correctly, it's just that the other 32% get away with it because although they ovulated, they didn't have sex in the days they were at risk of becoming pregnant.

An 8% pregnancy rate with typical use means typical use is pretty poor and perfect use is quite rare.

@dementedpixie i was simply responding to people who came across very condescending to me for my own experiences.
@momkoul i do apologise for the derail of your thread and hope you’re okay💐

Just a small correction: you can get pregnant both before and after ovulation, which is about a 6 day window (3 before, 3 after).

But yes, a large percentage don't take the pill properly, but most get away with it.

@MargotBamborough we don't need any more input on imperfect/perfect pill use. It's not helping the OP and is aggravating other posters

Did you read the NHS guidance I linked to? It says you can continue to run packs together until you bleed in which case you should stop for 4 days. If you disagree, take it up with the NHS.

Not quite right. You can ovulate on the mini pill.

I’m not the one on my high horse, so I’m not about to do anything other than tell you what my extensive contact with gynaecological services has taught me. Including investigations for possible endometrial cancer.

Why are you quite so exercised about this, given it has absolutely no effect on you? Honestly, there are much better ways to spend a Saturday afternoon.

I think out of the mini pills, the desogestrel one is more likely to stop ovulation but not always

Because I'm sick and tired of seeing ill-informed and uneducated people spreading fake news on sites where people come hoping for accurate information, that's why.

Maybe there needs to be some sort of official campaign on Mumsnet to combat the absolute nonsense that so many women believe about contraception and fertility.

Yes, I'm on the desogestrel one and sometimes ovulate (I get ovulation pain, so know when it happens).

The other mini pill stops ovulation 60% of the time.

The POP creates a 'hostile environment' which prevents implantation, essentially, along with sometimes (3 hour) / mostly (12 hour) also stopping ovulation.

All pills work by stopping ovulation. If you're ovulating, it's not working.

To parrot back to you what you said to a PP earlier, did you read the NHS link I posted? The mini pill does NOT stop ovulation all of the time. You are, quite simply, wrong.

Maybe there needs to be some sort of official campaign on Mumsnet to combat the absolute nonsense that so many women believe about contraception and fertility.

Yes, @MargotBamborough, you could do with some educating about the mini pill and ovulation!

The 3 hour mini pills only stop ovulation about 60% of the time. They work in other ways e.g. thickening cervical mucus to prevent the sperm from reaching the egg in the womb. Maybe you should read the link a pp provided

I don't even know what to say in response to this kind of nonsense, except that taking progesterone pills in the fortnight after you have ovulated actually increases the chances of a successful pregnancy.

It's why women who suffer from recurrent miscarriages take progesterone after ovulation. But not before, because, well, it stops you ovulating and getting pregnant.

Take it up with the NHS!

Not all pills stop ovulation so stop repeating incorrect information

My periods took months to regulate after both births

Oh dear god, @MargotBamborough, read the sodding NHS link. You. Are. Wrong. You can ovulate on the mini pill, and that's a fact.

Everybody else can see it on the link I posted. You can back down now!

I'm not sure there's any stopping this one! 🙈🤣

@MargotBamborough @LylaLee i think mumsnet needs to be tackling women who come on here and deliberately patronise and talk down to other women for sharing their own experiences. I didn’t come on here to be told my own experiences are incorrect, false assumptions made, that basically my GP must think im an idiot. And now to have the cheek to call me uneducated and ill informed when you literally know nothing about me or what I have myself been through in regards to contraception, gynaecology and children. Clearly other Pp’s have also proved that you are not 100% correct in what you’re saying.

Apologies, I didn't realise there was a less reliable form of POP available. Presumably it is only used by women who can't take the more reliable type for medical reasons? I can't see what the point of it is otherwise.

It's NOT less reliable. It creates a hostile environment designed to prevent implantation. It's still over 99% effective when taken correctly.