OP: ovulation confusion

If you are on the pill, you DON'T ovulate! That is the main mechanism of how the pill works, among other things.
Most couples on the pill who are in relationships and STD free dont use other methods of BC.. just the pill, which is made so you can ejaculate inside her.

Question is... has she been taking her pill correctly? Every day and around the same time everyday??
Has she completed one full cycle (one pack) of pills? The pill insert says you are safe after one week, but my DR and Brandye (Dr here on the board) also recommends using a back up method for that first month.

There are posts around here you should really check out about how the pill actually works. My DR explained all of that to me when I first started.

If she wasn't on the pill, then your chances would be bad b/c like you said, sperm can live for several days inside the body.

No one can give you a statistic or %.
You are either 100% ok or 0% .

Besides, how does she "know" she was ovulating?

demonbuttercup

Posted: 28 Sep 20:29

Not all pills are like that, all the ones i have been on state in the instructions that u are protected from 1st pill im sure. I generally use condoms as well though to be safe. I would always read the instruction leaflet that comes with the pill.

Talie

Posted: 28 Sep 20:30

1. There are no pills I am aware of that protect from the first dose. Many of the brochures state a week until you are protected and most doctors recommend a complete menstrual cycle.

2. OK, she knows her body. Very, very few women can tell the time they ovulate and starting on the pill will cause various clues to change. She does not know if she has been taking the pill as prescribed.

3. If you are really stressed out, as a couple, it is now too late for Plan B or variants. You are still in the time of effectiveness for mifepristone (RU-486 or a couple brand names). That requires a doctor's prescription and monitoring. It is generally accepted that if pregnancy lasts through the mifepristone, damage will have been done to the foetus and you should be ready for mechanical or chemical abortion.

Brandye

Posted: 28 Sep 20:31

Birth control pills are not 100% effective. Different pills contain different levels of hormones. The most commonly used ones provide immediate protection but the drug companies recommend using another method for 7 days to be certain. If she has taken them for one month (one cycle) already she should not be ovulating. If you engaged in intercourse and she felt she may be ovulating, such as she felt a "discomfort" or "pressure" in her lower quadrant of the abdomen, it could also be due to a pre-exsisting ovarian cyst which was "moved around" during sex or an inflammation of the appendix (discomfort/pain located in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen)which can also be accompanied by a low grade fever. Not every person develops a full blown appendicitis. I would ask her if there was any chance she missed a pill or took St. John's wort which can/will decrease the pills efficacy.

sera300

Posted: 28 Sep 20:31