My girlfriend and i of 5 years have practiced safe sex until yesterday. We basicly only used condoms and figured we would go the next step to birth control.. She had just started taking Ortho Evra the patch on July 4th at 2:00 and it has remained intact to the present. We ended up having unprotected sex on the fifth day of her starting the patch with her having no prior birth contraceptive. Should we consider the day after pill? Is the 7 days after u start a suggested waiting period or does it not even start working till then. Please help thanks very much
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preferably it's a week (7 days) until it's effective, although some tend to argue a month, i've never been told that though
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so we should consider the day after pill or whatever? Im so paranoid..she is at work and im doin research
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i forgot to add...i know it makes no difference pre-cum is always evident. but i withdrew before ejaculation
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OK, well then I think your GF should be OK. Though, if you're in SERIOUS thinking that you NEED to take the Morning After Pill, it's up to you ultimately, but I think she's probably not pregnant and should stick with regular-ol' Birth Control.
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well if they had sex on back on the 9th, it's pretty much useless now
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Oh, LOL! Sorry, overlooked that. :grin: :grin: :grin:
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I started on the patch without ever having any other contraceptive and my boyfriend and I have never used condoms. Well, we started like a day or two after I was on the patch and I'm still not pregnant...so I don't think you have too much to worry about. Just have her keep an eye out for symptoms and you really just have to wait until it's time for her period.