Worried about pregnancy? Please read

crzyfl · Veteran Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 1169

Any unprotected sex can result in an STD or pregnancy.
Many people post on this forum wanting to know their chances of being pregnant. There is no way to tell other than a home pregnancy test or blood test from the doctor.
However, there are some activities that are more dangerous than others.

It is highly unlikely that you would get pregnant from:
* Dry sex ie humping with clothing on

It is unlikely but still possible that you would get pregnant from:
* Unprotected sex with no ejaculation. Pre-cum has very little if any sperm in it
* If you had unprotected sex a few days before, during or a couple of days after your period
* Ejaculation on the outside of the vagina

It is possible that you could get pregnant from:
* Unprotected sex with ejaculation

If you do have unprotected sex, you can access emergency contraception from a doctor, pharmacy or family planning clinic. This can work for up to 5 days after unprotected intercourse, but the effectiveness does decline the longer you wait so sooner is better. You can also have an IUD inserted up to seven days after unprotected sex.

Pregnancy symptoms are usually not noticed until you miss a period. You may notice cramping and tender breasts. Around 2% of women have implantation bleeding which is much lighter than a normal period. Stress can also cause delayed menstruation.

Some home pregnancy tests will show a positive result a few days before your period is due, but it is advisable to wait until the day your period is due to save you testing too early and getting a false negative ie you are actually pregnant but there is not yet enough hormone for the test to detect.

If you are sexually active and not planning to have children in the near future, it is advisable to be on some form of birth control.

For girls: There are many choices: pills, patches, shots, implants, condoms. These are all available cheap or free from a planned parenthood clinic and in most cases parental consent is not neccessary.

For guys: There are only two choices: Condoms or fatherhood - if you are ever tempted to have unprotected sex, imagine handing over a child support cheque for the next 18 years.

Condoms are the only way to protect against STI's.

Please protect yourself and save yourself and your partner the stress of an unplanned pregnancy. Hope this helps.

Guest · Posted: 06/23/06 - 11:23 Post subject:

Your topic is so so so useful i hope everybody reads this bcuz it just asnwers most of ppl who wrote in here questions.

Guest · Posted: 06/28/06 - 08:27 Post subject:

i feel so much better for reading it, precum was my only fear now i will use a condom thanks....

kaylas mom · Newbie Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Posts: 7

i agree with what you said but sometimes it just helps to talk out your fears and concerns.
with all do respect.. these people are just curious and wondering. I do not see the harm in that. and ANYTHING is possible.

DC · Guest

thank you so much b/c u helped me out alot and i will not have sex without a condom but my g/f is soo scared that she dosnt want to ever do it again until marrage or 18 cuz were only 16 yrs old but i have a question.

Can you get like birth controll to help reduce the risk of not being pregnant after you already had sex?

and can you just go get birth controll like at wal mart or at a pharmasis?
THANKS
please reply

ASPIRE4GRACE · Newbie Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 51

mandy · Guest

thanks you saying all of that stuff really help

i just have one question. how soon would you gain weight if you were pregnant? ive gained 4 pounds and my period is supposed to start sometime this week. i pray that it does Confused

please reply
thanks

ashli22003 · Guest

Hello.. i appreciate what you have posted it holds alot of useful info. i have posted my question on here as well, i was just wondering if you knew how the hcg level blood test works, and i was told that there are actually 2 types of this test, a qualitative which is yes or no, and a quantative which actually tests the level in the blood, is this true, could it be possible that when i went to the hospital the doc only used a yes or no test instead of checking for the levels. if you could help me out i am still here.. thanks Shannon

evitamamma · Newbie Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 8

I would like to add atrue and sad story to this:
My sister, who was 18 at the time, and "trying" to preserve her virginity, thought that if she and her then boyfriend did not have intercourse, just touched/ rubbed on eachother with clothes off they would be okay.
Well they wer not okay. And she has a blood disorder where she CANNOT become pregnant without being on certain medications to prepare her blood first, and throughut her pregnancy. So long story short,
she became pregnant from the semen outsidethe vagina, that travelled into the vagina and up up up to the egg. She was completely intact, since they never had intercourse! So technically she lost her virginity with an abortion. BE CAREFUL GIRLS!! I just hope this experience might serve for something.

crzyfl · Veteran Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 1169

She didn't lose her virginity with an abortion. Breaking of the hymen is not the definition of losing virginity - it is when the vagina is penetrated by a penis.

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