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Is Pregnancy Possible Despite Taking A Contraceptive Pill?
hello doctor,,i had sex with my gf.and on the next day morning,i gave her unwanted 72.she was bleeding after that and stopped.and that night again we had sex and i was not giving her unwanted 72.next day she was bleeding little and stopped.i want to know will she be pregnant??
Unwanted 72 is an emergency contraceptive pill. It contains levonorgestrel. Emergency contraceptive pills has a failure rate around 5%. It has to be taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex, the earlier the better. If you have second encounter after taking the medication, the efficacy may decrease. It is advisable to use other methods of contraception in that case. Now coming to your question of whether she can be pregnant? I can only say there is a 5% failure risk along with increased failure risk due to second encounter after taking medication. Hope the above information helps. Thanks.
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Is Pregnancy Possible Despite Taking A Contraceptive Pill?
Unwanted 72 is an emergency contraceptive pill. It contains levonorgestrel. Emergency contraceptive pills has a failure rate around 5%. It has to be taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex, the earlier the better. If you have second encounter after taking the medication, the efficacy may decrease. It is advisable to use other methods of contraception in that case. Now coming to your question of whether she can be pregnant? I can only say there is a 5% failure risk along with increased failure risk due to second encounter after taking medication. Hope the above information helps. Thanks.