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Is Pregnancy Possible Even After Taking Contraceptive Pill?
6 weeks after giving birth I had unprotected sex. I got the morning after pill 15 hour after. I had a bleed 3 days later. That was 6 weeks ago, should I have not had a period by now...could I still be pregnant after having that bleed and taking the Morning after pill?
Thu, 22 May 2014
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Thanks for writing to us with your health concern.
Chances of pregnancy are remote because -
1. Rarely does ovulation resume 6 weeks after childbirth, in particular, if you are breastfeeding.
2. Morning after pill when taken within 24 hours offers more than 95 % protection.
3. THe morning after pill can delay or pre - pone periods, as can childbirth, so that is not a reliable indicator.
HOwever, start using contraception now.
Take a pregnancy test if it has been more than 2 weeks since you had unprotected sex.
Withdrawal bleeding does not guarantee that you are not pregnant.
All the best
Take care
Thanks for writing to us with your health concern.
Chances of pregnancy are remote because -
1. Rarely does ovulation resume 6 weeks after childbirth, in particular, if you are breastfeeding.
2. Morning after pill when taken within 24 hours offers more than 95 % protection.
3. THe morning after pill can delay or pre - pone periods, as can childbirth, so that is not a reliable indicator.
HOwever, start using contraception now.
Take a pregnancy test if it has been more than 2 weeks since you had unprotected sex.
Withdrawal bleeding does not guarantee that you are not pregnant.
All the best
Take care
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