My girlfriend had a surgical abortion 6 weeks ago. She started taking the pill the sunday after her abortion as was recommended by her doctor and has had her first period. The people at the clinic told her she should wait 6 weeks, and by then she will not be at risk for getting pregnant again if she is on the pill. However she talked to her mother and called the clinic back, and they told her something different. To be honest I could not get the full idea of what they told her. Now both of us are confused.

We are both healthy, and STD free. She is 22 and I am 26. We love and care for each other greatly and would like to be able to have unprotected sex(with the pill of course). Originally we were just using condoms and obviously one failed. My question is when is it safe for us to have unprotected sex again with her being on the pill? She was told that after an abortion she is at a higher risk of getting pregnant again until her body returns to normal. She is very responsible and has not missed her pill once since she started taking it.

We are both very confused and I don't want to rush anything and get into trouble all over again. She is nervous and not having solid information is not helping either of us.

Any help would be great.

-wpired :-(