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Took Pill After Unprotected Sex. Noticed White Discharge In Urine. What Is Causing This?
Question: Me and my partner had unprotected sex and within an hour after that she took a pill ( i pill ) .
Within 24 hours of taking the pill she had this white bulky discharge in her urine ( not smelly , also she didn't feel any burning sensation or irritation or pain ) . And this discharge happened only once.
its been 36 hours since she had taken the pill .
So did the pill work or not or not ?
And should she take another one just to be on the safe side ?
Thank you !
Within 24 hours of taking the pill she had this white bulky discharge in her urine ( not smelly , also she didn't feel any burning sensation or irritation or pain ) . And this discharge happened only once.
its been 36 hours since she had taken the pill .
So did the pill work or not or not ?
And should she take another one just to be on the safe side ?
Thank you !
Hello XXXXXXX,
The Emergency Contraceptive Pill has a very high protection rate if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex. In your case this interval is 1 hour. It should work.
The heavy vaginal discharge does not indicate that your contraception will fail.
There is absolutely no need to repeat the dosage of your emergency pill. In fact this may cause more harm by disturbing the menstrual cycle with abnormal bleeding.
Since no method is fool proof and all have some variable failure rates, it would be wise to check out pregnancy if there is no period over next 3 weeks.
At this time of anxiety, it would be worthwhile to consider a 'routine' form of contraception like Oral Contraceptive Pills or an Intra-uterine device. All such methods give much higher protectiveness than the Emergency Contraceptive Pill.
I hope this answers your queries.
Take care.
The Emergency Contraceptive Pill has a very high protection rate if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex. In your case this interval is 1 hour. It should work.
The heavy vaginal discharge does not indicate that your contraception will fail.
There is absolutely no need to repeat the dosage of your emergency pill. In fact this may cause more harm by disturbing the menstrual cycle with abnormal bleeding.
Since no method is fool proof and all have some variable failure rates, it would be wise to check out pregnancy if there is no period over next 3 weeks.
At this time of anxiety, it would be worthwhile to consider a 'routine' form of contraception like Oral Contraceptive Pills or an Intra-uterine device. All such methods give much higher protectiveness than the Emergency Contraceptive Pill.
I hope this answers your queries.
Take care.
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